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PUBLISHED BY MRS. A. C. SMITH, 
(may a. cary smith) 

HISTORIAN of eleazer cary family, and past president of cary family 

ASSOCIATION OF WYOMING AND LACKAWANNA COUNTIES, FOR THE 

PURPOSE OF CORRECTIONS AND FURTHER INFORMATION; 

THEN TO BE PUBLISHED IN A LARGER EDITION. 






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Anttor 
OCT 13 1920 



PART I 



JOHN CARY. 
FRANCIS CARY. 
SAMUEL CARY. 
ELEAZER CARY. 
JOHN CARY. 



1. Adam de Kari, 

2. John de Kary, 

3. William de Kary 

4. John de Kary,, 

5. William Kary, 

6. John Cary, . . 

7. John Cary, . . 

8. Robert Cary, . 

9. Philip Cary, . 

10. William Cary, 

11. Robert Cary, . 

12. William Cary, 

13. Robert Cary, . 

14. William Cary, 

15. John Cary,. . 



ENGLISH ANCESTRY. 

. Castle Kari, Somerset, England, 1170. 

. Castle Kary, Somerset, England, 1200. 

. Castle Kary, Somerset, England, 1230. 

. Castle Kary, Somerset, England, 1270. 

. Castle Kary, Somerset, England, 1300. 

. St. Giles in the Heath, . Devon, England, 1325. 

. Holway, Devon, England, 1350. 

. Holway, Devon, England, 1375. 

. Holway, Devon, England, 1400. 

. Cockington, Devon, England, 1430. 

. Clovelly, Devon, England, 1460. 

. Bristol, Somerset, England, 1500. 

. Bristol, Somerset, England, 1525. 

. Bristol, ... ... Somerset, England, 1560. 

Bristol, Somerset, England. 1610. 



AMERICAN ANCESTRY. 



15. John Cary, . . . 

16. Francis Cary, . 

17. Samuel Cary, . 

18. Eleazer Cary, . 

19. Benejamin Cary, 

20. John A. Cary, . 

21. Hiram Cary, . . 

22. May A. Cary, . 



. Plymouth, Duxbury, Bridgwater, came in 1634. 

. Duxbury, W. Bridgwater, 1647. 

. West Bridgwater, 1677. 

. West Bridgwater, 1 718. 

. Bonds Bridge, N. Y., 1763. 

. Hanover, Pa., 1808. 

. Hanover, Pa., 1832. 

. Wilkes-Barre, Pa., 1859. 



Generation ij. 

John Cary, born Somersetshire, England, came to America 
in 1637, and died in 1681 ; an original proprietor and first town 
clerk of West Bridgwater. In 1637 John and Deacon Willis 
were chosen ''to take in all charges of the late war (King Phil- 
lip's) since June last and Expense of the scouts before and 
since June." He married Elizabeth, daughter of Francis God- 
frey, 1644. (See Cary Family in America.) 

Generation 16. 

FRANCIS CARY. 

Francis Cary, son of John, the Pilgrim, was born in Brain- 
tree, Mass., 1647 ; he was named after his grandfather, Francis 
Godfrey; married Hannah, daughter of William Brett (see 
Brett line). Samuel Tomkins, of East Bridgwater, gave his 
estate to Francis, who was brought up by him ; hence Francis 
named his eldest child after him. His children were : 

Samuel, born 1677. 

Ephraim, married Hannah Waldo, 1?09. 

Mary, married Nicholas Whitman, 1715; died 1719. 

Lydia, married Joseph Edson, 1704. 

Melatiah, married Joseph Lucas, 1727. 

Generation i/. 

SAMUEL CARY. 

Samuel Cary was born in East Bridgwater in 1677 ; mar- 
ried Mary Poole (see Poole line ). Their children were : 

Joseph, born 1705 ; married Anna Brett, daughter of Elihu 
Brett. 

Lydia, born 1706. 

Alice, born 1707. 

Eliza, born 1709. 

Samuel, born 1711. 

David, born 1713. 

Nathan, born 1716. 

Eleazer, born 1718; married a Miss Sturdevant. 



Marv, born 1720. 



Generation 18. 



Eleazer Cary, son of Samuel and Mary (Poole) Cary, mar- 
ried a Miss Sturdevant, in Duchess County, N. Y. He was 
born in 1718, at West Bridgwater. He was one of the first 
forty settlers who came to Wyoming Valley in 1769, and lived 
at Carey town (named for him), in lower part of Wilkes-Barre. 



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He was a Revolutionary soldier, also having two sons in Wyo- 
ming Massacre, and one with Washington's army; and also 
one doing guard duty at Wilkes-Barre fort at Time of mas- 
sacre, and in Hollister's History of Lackawanna County he 
says Eleazer was with Sullivan's army (page 69). 

In 1772 Eleazer brought his family to the valley. The place 
of settlement of this family was called Careytown, and is now 
called Sturdevant Place and Firwood, but the old Careytown 
road was renamed by City Council in 1881. Eleazer was en- 
titled to a claim of land as a suffering settler, but it was not 
until after his death that the claim was acknowledged, on ac- 
count of dispute of title. ("The writer does not know if his 
children ever received any part of it, but is of the opinion that 
Charles Bennett took out patents for the same land in 1808." 

FROM HOLLISTER'S HISTORY, PAGE 69. 

Tuscarora Creek has a scrap of history of its own. The 
great warpath from Tioga down to Wyoming crossed the mouth 
of this stream. It was in the certified township of Braintrim, 
and county of Westmoreland. In 1779 General Sullivan, with 
his army, crossed the Tuscarora at this point. When his rear- 
guard had reached the south bank, where a large mountain, 
covered with oak, with little or no underbrush intervening to 
obstruct the view for a great distance, comes down to the very 
stream, a body of savages were seen stealing down its side for 
the purpose of securing a few prisoners. Familiar with the 
mode of Indian warfare, the guards leaped behind the trees, 
affording them partial shelter. The Indians, more skilled in 
the art and advantage of woodside encounter, as quickly be- 
took themselves to the oak, which concealed even their pres- 
ence, when the skirmish began. Soldiers fell wounded or dead 
without knowing from what particular quarter bullets issued. 
At length Eleazer Cary, who saw his fellow soldiers fall one 
after another simultaneously with the crack of the rifle near by 
where he was standing, espied the dusky form of a warrior cau- 
tiously peering out from behind a tree not fifty yards from 
where he was standing, with his well-aimed gun in his hand, 
bring down a soldier at each discharge of his weapon. After 
the Indian had reloaded, Cary, who had resolved to kill him 
if possible when he should attempt to shoot again, watched 
with intense solicitude the warrior's rifle as it was again 
brought beside the tree. No sooner had the slight projecting 
cheek and eye of the Indian come out so as to be discerned by 
Cary, when the avenging bullet was sent forthwith into his 
brain. He gave one high leap, uttered one deep yell, and fell 
to rise no more. The Indians ran, caught up his body and 
fled into the forest. 



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This is to certify that on examining the records of the set- 
tlers of the New England people on the Susquehanna River, 
that I find that Mr. Eleazer Cary, deceased, late of this town, 
was entitled to a right in one of the towns laid out for the Sus- 
quehanna purchase ; he being entitled to such right as a suffering 
settler. 

Cert. Zebulon Butler, late committee of said 
settlement, Wilkes-Barre, December 24, 1789. 
The certificate was entered in the town of Putnam the fol- 
lowing March 15, 1790, by me. 

Zebulon Marcy (Clerk). 

Cary Cemetery. 

The burial place of Eleazer Cary has not been definitely set- 
tled, but a number of the oldest settlers have told the writer that 
where St. Clement's Church now stands, on Hanover Street, 
Wilkes-Barre, was called the Cary burying-ground by the 
older people. Eleazer Gary's house is supposed to have stood 
somewhere near where Attorney Powell's house now stands. 
Previous to that the old Milan Barney blacksmith shop stood 
there. 

The Children of Eleazer Cary. 

Nathan Cary, born 1755, died 1835; aged 80 years. 
John, born 175G, died Sept. 15, 1844; aged 88 years. 
Samuel, born 1759, died April 23, 1843; aged 84 years. 
Benjamin, born 1763, died Aug. 3, 1830; aged 67 years. 
Mehitable, born 1765, 
Comfort, born 1768, died Aug. 30, 1838; aged 70 years. 

Generation iq. 

Nathan, son of Eleazer, was born in Dutchess County, N. Y., 
1755; was a man six feet in height, and of a very muscular 
frame. He was an early emigrant, with his father and brothers, 
to the wilderness of Pennsylvania. He was in the memorable 
battle of Wyoming, but miraculously escaped without injury. 
He was a soldier in the Revolution. He married Jane Mann, 
July 11, 1782, and situated at Hanover, in Wyoming Valley, 
until 1790, when he removed to the headwaters of the Canesteo 
River, a place now known as Ark Port, Steuben County, N. Y. 
He purchased a farm then covered with heavy timber, but he 
made of it a beautiful home. He died there in 1835, aged 80 
years. His children were: 

Johnston, born March 5, 1783 ; Eleazer, born July 8, 1786 ; 
Adam, born January 1, 1789 ; William, born February 8, 1791 ; 
Christopher, born June 20, 1794. 

Susan Cary, daughter of Johnston Cary, married William 
S. Hurlbut. 



Mary Ann Cary married William Hooker Hurlbut. 

Mary J. Wiggens, of Hornellsville, N. Y., and Hon. Charles 
Cary, of Orleans, N. Y., are grandchildren of William Cary. 

Mrs. Fannie (Hurlbut) Huntley, or Hornellsville, and 
Charles H. Hurlbut, of New Whatcomb, Washington, are 
grandchildren of Johnston Cary. 

Generation 20. 

Eleazer, son of Nathan, was born in Hanover, Luzerne 
County, Pa., July 8, 1786; always lived in Wilkes-Barre. His 
first wife was Frances Slocum; his second wife was Rebecca 
D. Chapman, a widow. By his first wife he had two children : 
Frances, who married Peter Ousterhout, of Tunkhannock, and 
Rhoda S. Cary, who never married. By his second wife he 
had one son, who married Leletia Scott, of Wayne, Pa. They 
had three children: Lucy (died, aged eight years), Frances 
(single), and Mary, who married a Mr. Wendell. 

Eleazer Cary was a highly respected man in the city of 
Wilkes-Barre, Pa., where he resided all his life. He was alder- 
man for many years, and was familiarly known as 'Squire 
Cary. He was stepfather of C. I. A. Chapman ; he was the 
first postmaster of Pittston, having the office at the corner of 
Main and Parsonage Streets. 

Generation 21. 

Miss Rhoda Sawyer Cary was born at Pittston Ferry in 1882 ; } $ c 
died at Diego, Cal., January, 1898, aged 76 years. Her mother 
was a grandniece of Frances Slocum (the lost daughter of 
Wyoming), and her father, Eleazer Cary, Esq., was Pittston's 
first postmaster, having the office at what is now the junction 
of Main and Parsonage Streets. 



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Generation 19. 

John Cary, son of Eleazer, was born in Dutchess County, N. 
Y., in 1856. His first wife was Susanna Mann (widow Green). 
His wife died September 26, 1815, aged 71 years. His second 
wife was the widow of Frederick Chrisman. He was a soldier 
in the Revolutionary army, belonging to one of the armies 
raised in Wyoming Valley, and was in Washington's army. He 
lived in the lower part of Wilkes-Barre, on Carytown Road. 
The vicinity being now called Firwood and Sturdevant Place, 
which was formerly Carytown, named for the Cary family, 
who settled there in the earlier days. None of this ground is 
now owned by Carys. 



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Generation ip. 

John was a man of Herculean strength and great personal 
courage. His children were : John Cary, Jr., born 1783 ; died 
September 28, 1808 ; aged 25 years. Elizabeth (Betsy), Susan- 
na and Hannah. 

Generation 20. 

John Cary, Jr., married Kathern Vandermark, by whom he 
had two sons and three daughters. Eleazer, died ; Miner, died ; 
Susan, Hannah and Esther. 

Generation 21. 

Esther Cary, daughter of John, Jr., married Jarvis. 

They only had one son that is known, Jepi Jarvis. 

Generation 21. 

Susan, daughter of John, Jr., married Laird ; 

moved to Ohio. 

Generation 21. 

Hannah, daughter of John, Jr., married Ebenezer Marble, 
father of John Miner Cary Marble, of Los Angeles, Cal. 

Generation 20. 

Elizabeth (Betsy), daughter of John, Sr., married Henry 
Tillburry; went West about 1810. 

Generation 20. 

Susanna, daughter of John Cary, Sr., married George Gore; 
went West. 

Generation 20. 

Hannah, daughter of John Cary, Sr., married Nathan Bar- 
ney. They had one son, Milan Barney, who married Polly 
Wade; children, John, Milan, Mary, Harriet, Edward and 
Nathan. 

Los Angeles, Cal., Aug. 11, 1902. 
3201 Tigueroa Street. 

Mrs. A. C. Smith, 24 Church Street, Wilkes-Barre. Pa. 

My Dear Mrs. Smith. — I have the pleasure of yours of 
the fifth inst, which came during an absence from home. I 
fear I shall not be able to give you anything new or valuable 
about the Cary family. 



My great grandfather, John Cary, having been virtually a 
father to me from my earliest recollections until his death in 
1844, when I was little more than eleven years of age. I have 
naturally felt a more than usual interest in his father, my great 
great grandfather; until recently about all I knew was his 
given name, Eleazer, and that he came to Wyoming Valley in 
1769 with the Connecticut settlers, and that he lived for a time 
on the Old River Road, that had been pointed out to me — 
this road ran straight north from Carytown, and the part 
which lay beyond the Richards farm was little used in my time. 
At the forks in flood time was a good place to draw in drift 
wood with long hooks, and poles and hooks, an occupation 
which I entered into with zest. 

The much used road of my day, going to town, branched 
off the old one, and kept on the higher ground. The Eleazer 
Cary homestead was on the west side of the straight road, and 
some yards north of a bayou. 

My great grandfather's home was in a large red house on 
the west side of the road at Carytown, and my home was with 
him. 

I remember his brothers Samuel and Comfort very well, but 
have no personal recollection of Nathan or Benjamin, the lat- 
ter I presumed had removed to Ohio at an early date. My 
home was in Ohio from 1846 to 1888, when I came to Cali- 
fornia. During this time I endeavored to get some trace of 
Benjamin's family in Ohio, but without success. 

Sincerely yours, 

John M. C. Marble. 

Letter written by Mr. Dilley to Mr. J. M. C. Marble of Cal- 
ifornia: 

Wilkes-Barre, Pa., August 8, 1902. 
Mr. John M. C. Marble. 

Dear Sir. — I find the enclosed in the Wilkes-Barre Record 
of July 30th, and it brings to my mind things of the long past. 
You say you are very much interested in anything that per- 
tains to my great grandfather, John Cary ; allow me, an entire 
stranger, to tell you some recollections I have of "Uncle John 
Cary," as everybody called him. By the way, at that early date 
in our valley men were addressed "Uncle So and So," whether 
any blood relation existed or not, just as down South all men 
are known as Captain, Major or Colonel. Uncle John Cary was 
a man six feet two or three inches in height, and was of fine 
proportions, and straight as a soldier, as I remember him. He 
was a kindly old gentleman and often came to my father's 
house ; we lived on the middle road about a mile and a half from 
the Cary residence. This little incident fixed in my mind 



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strongly my recollections of Uncle John Cary : My father made 
cider at Uncle David Richards', who lived just above Mr. 
Cary's, on the Carytown Road. My father just put a barrel 
of cider on a one-horse wagon and sent me home with it. I 
drove home. To get the cider off, I went to get something 
to slide it off the wagon. Uncle John did not get off, but sat 
still on the seat. I did not find what I wanted to and came 
back, intending to take a rail or two out of the fence, and so 
slide the barrel down that way. As I came back to the wagon 
1 found another old neighbor, Thomas Quick, talking to Uncle 
John. Mr. Quick said to him : "Uncle John, I have heard say 
you could take up a barrel of cider by the chimes and drink 
out of the bung hole." Uncle John did not say whether he 
could do such a feat or not, but with his deep bass voice he said : 
"I could try." At that he got off the wagon and went to the 
back end, lifted the barrel by the chimes on to the tailboard, 
brought it to his chest, then stepped backwards and set the 
barrel down as a man would a pail of water. As I said before, 
he did not say he could perform the feat of lifting a barrel and 
drinking from it, but I have told the story many times, and 
firmly believe from what I saw that he could do it. I think 
at that time he was not far from eighty years of age. 

I heard my father tell that at the raising of Rehee's Mills 
Mr. Cary would take a timber and carry it on his shoulder 
into the building, when it would take two or three men to 
carry a timber of the same size. He has always been my ideal 
of a strong man. Since I have taken the liberty of writing 
you, I am going to tell something more about a family your 
name brings to mind. I knew a family by the name of Marble. 
Mr. Marble built and lived in a house at the corner of Hanover 
Green and River Road. The house is still standing, in good 
condition, and a very respectable house. I was born in a house 
within forty miles of the Marble residence. Mr. Marble was 
a carpenter by trade ; his wife had what is seldom seen, two 
thumbs on each hand. The second or extra thumb came out 
at the second joint, and was a quarter as large as the main 
thumb. These extras were fully formed. I was quite a fa- 
vorite with Mrs. Marble, going there very often. I do not 
remember of their having any children, but think none at the 
time my father liver near them. My father moved about a 
mile and a quarter nearer Wilkes-Barre, and I lost sight of the 
Marbles, and I do not know what became of them. We still 
lived within the Hanover Green School District, and from 
my eight to ten years of age I went there to school ; at that 
time a Mr. Bidleman lived in the Marble house. Nathan Cary 
taught school. I think he was Comfort Cary's son, but am not 
sure. The boys of that day were pretty rough, and it was no 



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uncommon thing for a teacher to be turned out doors. But 
I want to say Nathan Cary was master as well as teacher, 
and it would have been a sorry day for some one to have made 
an attempt to turn him out. Nathan Cary had a son, Elias, 
who was a carpenter by trade and lived in Wilkes-Barre, where 
he died about four years ago. Now, I think I have spun a yarn 
long enough to tire your patience, and will subscribe myself, 

Yours truly, 

Anning Dilley. 
No. 74 Ross St., Wilkes-Barre, Pa. 



CHANGING OF NAME. 

At the March meeting of Wilkes-Barre City Councils, in the 
year of 1885, the name of the "Cary Town Road" was changed 
to "Cary Avenue." The Carys, for whom the thoroughfare 
was named, were pioneers in old Wyoming, and their memory 
held in high esteem. Eleazer was one of the first settlers in 
Wyoming Valley, coming first in 1769, and bringing his fam- 
ily three years later. One of his sons, John, was a soldier in 
the Revolutionary War, settling afterwards below Wilkes- 
Barre, on River Road, the community being known as Cary- 
town ; his brothers, Nathan, Benjamin and Comfort, were lead- 
ing settlers in Hanover Township. 



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PART II 



SAMUEL CARY FAMILY. 



Generation /p. 

SAMUEL CARY. 

Samuel Cary, son of Eleazer and (Sturdevant) 

Gary was born in Dutchess County, N. Y., in 1759; married 
Rosanna Cary (maiden name), but she was a widow when he 
married her — supposed to have been Widow Bennett, but there 
is record of a Samuel Cary having married a Rosanna Christ- 
ian in Dutchess County. He was a man small in stature, but 
active, energetic, persevering and patriotic ; was in the battle 
at Wyoming, under Captain Bidlack. He escaped but was 
taken prisoner by the Indians and remained a captive for six 
years. He was supposed to have been murdered, but returned 
unexpectedly in 1784 to Wyoming, having suffered incredible 
hardships. His second wife was Theresa Gore, daughter of 
Captain Daniel Gore. His first wife, Rosanna, died Septem- 
ber 17, 1822, aged 67 years. His children were all by his first 
wife. 

Samuel Cary died April 23, 1843, aged 84 years 8 months. 

Children of Samuel. 

Charity, born March 20, 1787; married James Purdy; died 
March 20, 1875. 

John, born March 1, 1790; married Lois Williams; died 
August 24, 1856. 

Samuel, born April 23, 1792; married Anna Pickett; died 
May 10, 1882. 

George, born July 10, 1793; married Ann Downing; died 
January 2, 1820. 

William, born December 27, 1795 ; married Searle; 

died April 8, 1871. 

Nathan (twin), born October 1, 1797; died April 18, 1872. 

Francis, born March 14, 1800 ; died , 1858. 

Laura, born July 23, 1801; married Martin Downing; died 
July 18, 1887. 

Sarah (twin), born October 1, 1797; married Moses Wil- 
liams ; died May 24, 1888. 



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From The Haslet on Traveller. 

While our minds are on the other side of the river at Jacobs' 
Plains, as the upper part of Wilkes-Barre is termed, sketching 
a brief outline of the Abbotts, the Searles and the Williams 
who reside there, methinks I may as well fulfill a promise pre- 
viously made, and give you some account of the Cary family, 
their neighbors, a name which stands conspicuous on the list 
of those patriots who served and suffered at Wyoming in the 
cause of liberty and country. 

Mr. Samuel Cary is now seventy-nine years old, of course ; 
he was nineteen the year of the battle, active, ardent and pa- 
triotic, he was enrolled in Capt. Bidlack's Company and was 
out on several scouting parties before the invasion. He was 
up at Wyalusing, and with our men at Exeter helped to bring 
away the remainder of the Hardings and others murdered by 
the Indians a day or two before the battle. On the fatal third 
he was at his post and with Bidlack to the contest. Their posi- 
tion was to the right ; the left wing was earliest pressed and 
retreated, being thrown into entire confusion before the right 
gave away, but retreat had become inevitable. Mr. Cary left 
the road and passed down on the low flats near where the mon- 
ument is now being erected. 

Zipperah Hibbard was in the prime of early manhood, six 
foot high, built for strength and activity ; he was straight as an 
arrow and moved with a light elastic step. Of him it is said 
by several of the old settlers that in their athletic sports Hib- 
bard would take off his hat and shoes and let two companions 
hold a string extended so that walking under it he could just 
touch with his head ; he would now step off a few steps, till he 
got his proper distance, return on the spring and leap over the 
string with the alertness of the bounding deer; his activity, 
manly and social qualities rendered him a general favorite. Mr. 
Hibbard was but recently married ; preparations for the en- 
gagement were made a day previous. Fear was a stranger 
to his breast, but he was sensible and sagacious, and he saw 
the unprepared state of our people, enfeebled by the two com- 
panies raised for our defense, being marched and kept away, 
and from the evidences of great force on the part of the enemy 
that the chances were all against us, and it is thought a par- 
ticular presentiment that go the battle as it would, but the dic- 
tates of patriotism and duty. He fitted himself for the field, 
and went to the door, looking at the bright heaven, then at the 
beautiful earth then clothed in the rich robe of approaching 
harvest, gazed for a moment, resting his gun against the door 
post, hastened into the house, impressed one parting kiss on 
the pale and trembling lips of his bride, spoke not a word, but 
tore himself away, and the next hour there was not a soldier 



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that marched to the field with greater alacrity ; he went to re- 
turn no more. Hibbard and Cary ran together towards the 
river. Hibbard in advance, breaking the path through a heavy 
piece of rye. The obstruction perhaps proved fatal to him, 
for by the time they got through he was nearly exhausted and 
showed signs of great fatigue. On coming near the river bank 
and leaving the rye field, Mr. Hibbard sprang to the sand bank, 
but was closely pursued by an Indian, who overtook him be- 
fore he could reach the stream. As Hibbard turned to defend 
himself he received the accursed spear in the breast and fell 
lifeless on the sand. Mr. Cary got to the river lower down and 
succeeded in swimming across, but the savages had gone over 
before him. and he was instantly surrounded. One who seemed 
to have authority took charge of him, but a small Indian, pitted 
with the smallpox, and having lost one eye (as he stood naked, 
for Mr. Cary had stripped off all his clothes), with a malicious 
smile drew a knife up and down his breast and abdomen, about 
an inch from the skin, saying the while, "Te, te, te, te." They 
then made him swim back, bound his hands, and he was con- 
ducted to Wintermutes. The fort had been set on fire by the 
enemy at the commencement of the engagement, and Mr. Cary 
saw the remains of several of our people who had been thrown 
on the burning pile ; they were then lifeless. 

That night he lay on the ground, bound hand and foot and 
without food. The next morning an officer struck him on the 
hand, with his oxen hand : "You are the fellow that threatened 
yesterday morning to comb my hair." He then learned that 
the Indian who had taken him was Captain Roland Montour, 
who now gave him food, unbound and led him to a young sav- 
age, who was mortally wounded. What passed he could not 
perfectly understand ; that the purpose was to show him the 
dying Indian, and ask if his life should be preserved, and he 
be taken to the Indian's parents to be adopted instead of his 
lost son. He assented, and young Cary's life was saved. They 
then painted him and gave him the name of the dying Indian, 
Coconenuqui, of the tribe Onondagoes. When the enemy 
marched from the valley, Mr. Cary, carefully guarded, was 
taken with them, and when they reached the Indian country 
he was handed over to the family into which he had been adopt- 
ed. Where, if he would have conformed to the savage cus- 
toms, and have so deep of the waters of forgetfulness as to 
cease to remember country connections and friends, he might 
have remained peacably, if not happily. But beloved Wyo- 
ming, doubly dear from her sorrows, would rise in his slum- 
bers as if it were ever present in his waking hours. And he 
sighed for liberty and home. He thinks the old Indian and 
squaw saw that he could not mingle in spirit with them, for 



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they used constantly to mourn for their lost boy. Just at day- 
break they would let up a pitiful cry, "Oh, Oh, Oh," and at 
evening, as the sun was going down, "Oh, Oh, Oh," and with 
all their stoicism their sorrow did not cease. At times while 
with them he suffered, having only a spoonful of parched corn 
a day for several weeks ; he thought he would famish, and in 
severe winters his suffering from cold was extreme, but he 
shared like the rest of the family, and they evidently meant 
to treat him kindly. 

More than two weary years passed in this manner, when 
they got to Niagara where he was detained, though with less 
suffering, until restored to liberty by the glorious news of 
peace and independence. It was on the 29th of June, 1784, 
before the charming valley again met his sight, after having 
suffered six years of distressing captivity. Mr. Cary men- 
tions the statement made by others that Walter Butler, a fa- 
vorite son of Colonel Butler, was killed by the Americans at 
Mud Creek on returning from one of his excursions against 
our settlements on the Mohawk. He adds that which before 
I do not remember having heard, that one of the Wintermutes 
was killed at the same time. Butler was shot by a rifle ball 
through the head. 

There was a Joseph Cary and a Samuel Cary killed in the 
battle, but it does not occur to my recollections whether any 
relatives or not. His brother, Nathan Cary, was in the en- 
gagement and fortunately escaped. His father's name was 
Eleazer Cary, a name held by one of his descendants, still 
known and highly respected in the valley. Though at the ad- 
vanced age of 79, Mr. Cary enjoys tolerable health, his mind 
is active and his memories sound, though not rich he is, by the 
industry and frugality of a long life, comfortable in his de- 
clining days, and has the happiness of having sons and daugh- 
ters settled around him, all well to do, and all respectable, and 
some in very independent circumstances. His second wife, 
Theresa, was the daughter of Captain Gore, of whom I have 
spoken, so that if his life was clouded with sorrow and woe, 
his evening was clear and serene. But did you say that there 
was a Mr. John Cary, a brave and faithful servant in the Rev- 
olutionary War? I did; I will give you an account of him, 
so do not hurry me. I must not mingle things much. In due 
time you shall hear all, but have patience. I have a great deal to 
tell. There was never a people who suffered more or did more 
or ever received so little recompense ; it is high time that the 
wrongs and sufferings of Wyoming should be fully stated. 
While I can speak or hold a pen, she shall not need a tongue 
or hand to defend her. 



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Generation 20. 

William Cary, died April 8, 1871, aged 75 years. Married 
Searle. 



Charity, born March 20, 1787, died March 20, 1875; aged 
88 years ; married James Purdy. 

Generation 20. 

John Cary died August 24, 185G. aged 66 years; married 
Lois Williams ; lived at Plains, Pa. His home still standing in 
1908. Was early identified with Methodist Church. 

Generation 20. 

Samuel Cary. born 1792, died May 10. 1882. aged 90 years; 
married Anna Pickett, died August 15, 1815. They had nine 
children : 

Ziba. who married Tiffany. 

Lehman, who married Martha Cary; had one son, Homer 
D. Carv. 

Louisa, who married Burney. 

Alfred, who married Barbara Hurd. 

Henry, who died in Ohio. 

John, who married Tiffany. 

Elizabeth, who married T. W. Tiffany in 1853 : died 1851. 

Elvira, who married Hiram Oakley. 

Rosanna, who never married. 

Generation 21. 

Elvira Cary married Hiram Oakley. They had the follow- 
ing children : 

Marvin, who married Alice Welsh. 

Lincoln, who married Nellie Kenedy. 

William, who married Emma Young. 

John, who died, aged 19 years. 

Hiram, who died, aged 16 years. 

Westly, who married Clara B. Stephens. 

Mary,' who married, 1st, Albert Reynolds; 2nd, Byron Cam- 
eron. 

Nettie, who married Arthur Belcher. 

Albert, who married Mary Smith. 

Edwin, who married Mary Walker. 

Oscar, who died, aged nine month. 

Generation 22. 

Marvin Oakley, married Alice Welch. Had four children: 
Norman, Raymond, Pearl, Nettie. 



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Generation 22. 

Lincoln Oakley married Nellie Kenedy. Two children : Mil- 
dred, Lynn. 

Generation 22. 

William Oakley married Emma Young. Children : Etta, 
Stella, Burton. 

Generation 22. 

Westly Oakley married Clara B. Stephens. Children : Ber- 
nice, Earl, Evelyn. 

Generation 22. 

Mary Oakley married, 1st, Albert Reynolds; 2nd, Byron 
Cameron. Children: Oscar, Ina, Byron. 

Generation 22. 

Edwin Oakley married Mary Walker. Children : Floyd, 
John. 

Generation 20. 

GEORGE CARY. 

George Cary, born ; married Ann Downing; died 

September 25, 1875. He had eight children: Manson, Ed- 
mund, Delila, Rosanna, Freeman H., Serepta, Bateman D., 
Laura. 

Generation 21. 

Manson Cary married Abbie Coleman. They had two chil- 
dren : Ada and Charles. 

Generation 21. 

Edmund Cary married, 1st, Phoebe Harned ; 2nd, Elmira 
Cams. He had seven children : John, William, Bradley, Dian- 
tha. Laura. Ellen, Clara Almeda. 

Generation 22. 
John Cary married Rene Stookey. 

Generation 22. 
William Cary married Helen Hess. 

Generation 22. 
Bradley Cary married Mary Lutz. 

Generation 22. 
Diantha Cary married Hiram Boston. 

Generation 22. 
Laura Cary married Burt Cramer. 



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Generation 21. 

Delila Cary married Ebenezer Stephens. Had four chil- 
dren : John, Mary, Albert, Anna. 

Generation 21. 

Freeman Cary married Diana Stephens and had the fol- 
lowing children : Byron. Ward B., Harriet, Helena, Elizabeth. 

Generation 21. 

Rosanna Cary married Alfred Cary and had the following 
children : 

Mary, who married Gomer Davis. 
Anna M., who married Peter Blackwood. 
Elizabeth, who married Burton Downing. 

Generation 21. 

Bateman D. Cary married Mary E. Dodder. Mr. Cary 
served with distinction in the Civil War. His wife died in 
1908. Their children were: Philip (dead), Charles H., Lanah 
D., Rosanna. Alfred E., Harrison D., Ella K., Ira D., Down- 
ing B., Ezra, Edward K. 

Generation 21. 

Laura Cary married Palmer Ridgway, who was an old sol- 
dier. They had a daughter, Clara, who went away to Indian 
Territory. 

Generation 21. 

Edmund C. Cary, of Benton, was an early settler of Wilkes- 
Barre ; born August 12, 1822. His wife died 1891. His father, 
George Cary, had first handling of anthracite coal in Wyoming 
Valley ; he helped open a stripping in Pittston, now known as 
Plains Township, in 181."). In the spring of that year, he, with 
several others, loaded a raft with coal and sent it down the 
Susquehanna to Harrisburg. where they sold forty ( 40 ) tons 
for ten dollars ($10.00), They were very much disappointed 
at such remuneration. This left transportation dormant until 
1820, when they took another raft load down, which they failed 
to sell, so they dumped it in the Susquehanna at Harrisburg. 
So, as these early pioneers were concerned, the coal work ended. 
He died June 12, 1897. 

Generation 20. 

Laura Cary, daughter of Samuel, was born 1801, died July 
18, 1887, aged 86 years. She married Martin Downing, who 
died April, 1834, aged 31 years. Mrs. Laura Diggory, of 
Kingston, Pa., is a granddaughter of Laura Cary. 



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Generation 20. 

NATHAN CARY. 

Nathan Cary, son of Samuel, was born in Pittston, 1797 ; 

died April 18, 1872, aged 74 years 6 months. Married . 

His children are : 

Francis, of Iowa, had two children, Bessie, Addie. 

Louise, who married Evans. 

Fannie, who married Frace. 

Merritt, who went to Illinois. 

George, went to Kentucky. 

Hamilton, of Parsons, was a private in Co. A, P. V., 52nd 
Regiment. 

Henry J., of Wyoming, Pa. 

Martin D., of Milnesville; bachelor; dead. 

Grace, whereabouts unknown. 

Albert Cary had two children, Sarah Jane and Louisa 
Lovina. 

Generation 21. 
HAMILTON CARY. 

Hamilton Cary married ; was a private 

in Co. A., P. V., 52nd Regiment. 

Generation 22. 
FRANK CARY. 
Frank W. Cary, was the son of Hamilton Cary ; was born 
April 8, 1862 ; married Mary White, and had the following 
children : Jennie, Mable, Evelyn, Elizabeth, Sarah, John, Mar- 
garet, Lavina, Mary. 

Generation 21. 

FRANCIS CARY. 
Francis, son of Nathan, was born in 1800 ; died in 1858, aged 
58 years. 

Generation 21. 

Martin Cary, of Milnesville, died December 7. 1896, aged 
64 years. Mr. Cary was well known and highly respected, 
having lived in the lower end of the county for forty years; 
all this time he was mechanical engineer for H. Parder & Co., 
of Hazleton ; he was born in 1832, at Plainsville; was unmar- 
ried. Was a son of Nathan, born 1797, at Pittston. His broth- 
ers and sisters were : 

Mrs. Fannie Frace, Colfax, Iowa. 

Mrs. Louise Evans, Ohio. 

Merritt, of Illinois. 

George, of Kentucky. 

Hamilton, of Parsons, Pa. 

Henry J., of Wyoming, Pa. 



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Generation 20. 
SARAH CAREY. 

Sarah was a daughter of Samuel and Rosanna Carey ; was 
born Oct. 1, 1797; died May 24, 1888, aged 90 years and 7 
months. Married Moses Williams, born May 28, 1819. Mr. 
Williams died October 4, 1847. Their children were : 

Henry F., born August 3, 1820; went to California in 1853. 

John Cary Williams, born May 28, 1822. 

Mary Ann, born August 23, 1825 ; died June 25, 1827. 

Harriet, born January 22, 1828 ; died March 7, 1833. 

Robinson, born March 13, 1831 ; died 1831. 

Charles Miner, born October 11, 1835. 

Infant son, died June 24, 1841. 

Generation 21. 

John Cary Williams, son of Moses and Sarah (Cary) Wil- 
liams, was born May 28, 1822 ; died 1902. Married Sarah 
Clark. 

Mr. Williams was a very fine man ; was a farmer, also a local 
preacher ; was born in Plainsville, and lived there all his life. 

At the Cary family reunion at Fernbrook Park, he read a 
paper on his grandfather, Samuel Cary, who was made a cap- 
tive by the Indians July 3, 1778. He was very much respected 
by all whom he came in contact with. He only had one child, 
a daughter, Elizabeth, who married Moses Chamberlain. Their 
children were: Harriet, Calvin, Jenny, John (dead), Emily. 

Generation 21. 

Charles Miner Williams was born October 11, 1835; first 
wife was Elvira Dodder. They had Harry R., Joseph Hooker 
and Elvira Eveline (dead). His second wife was Marian 
Baker. They had Clara, Charles and Burton. 

Generation 22. 

Henry Williams married Elizabeth Davis (first wife). They 
had three children: John; rest unknown. His second wife, 
Cornelia Weeks. They had Louise and Louis. 

Generation 22. 

Joseph Hooker Williams married Carrie Fisher. They had 
two children : Helen and Lena. 

Generation 20. 
Bradley Downing, son of Laura (Cary) Downing and Mar- 



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tin Downing, was born in Plainsville, Pa. He was a man very 
highly respected in the valley, especially in West Pittston, where 
he resided nearly all his life. He held a responsible position 
with the Pennsylvania Coal Company for many years. He also 
kept a grocery store on Luzerne Avenue, West Pittston, Pa. 
He married Jane M . They had the following chil- 
dren : Edward, John, Louis, Jessie, Norman. 

Generation 21. 

Edward married a Miss Polen, and had one daughter, Grace 
Downing. 

Generation 21. 

John T. married Juniatta (Keeper), living at Scranton, Pa. 
He is an osteopathic physician. His children are not known. 

Generation 21. 

Norman Downing lives at Hartford, Conn. One daughter, 
Marjorie F. Downing. 

Generation 21. 

Jessie Downing married Attorney C. F. Watrous, and lives 
at Dallas, Pa. They have two children. 



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PART III 



BENJAMIN CARY LINE. 



Generation ip. 

BENJAMIN CARY. 

Benjamin Cary, son of Eleazer, was born in 1763 ; died Au- 
gust 5, 1830, aged 67 years. He married Marcy (Mercy) Ab- 
bott, daughter of John Abbott (see Abbott line; also Fuller 
line) ; was in the massacre at Wyoming, 1778, but escaped, and 
returned later to harvest his crops, and was scalped by the 
Indians on the flats near the river in Wilkes-Barre, Pa. He 
built the first house in Wilkes-Barre, on the corner of Main 
and Northampton Streets. Benjamin Cary was a very fine 
singer, and could be heard a long distance over the meadows 
while at work. He was very hospitable, and the old house, 
which still stands ( 1908) on the back road below Wilkes-Barre, 
entertained much company. In the basement of the large, com- 
modious house (considered so at that time) was a fireplace 
large enough to hold a log that would burn a week, and by 
the side of this was a large oven for baking. They would pull 
the hot ashes out of the oven and throw them into the fireplace. 
His granddaughter, Fannie Susan Stein, of Chicago, says 
she remembers many happy days spent in this house, although 
her grandfather was dead at that time. His daughter, Mrs. 
Bateman Downing, still lived in the house after his death. Ben- 
jamin was County Commissioner from 1813 to 1816. He 
owned a very large farm, which later proved to be very val- 
uable coal property. But was not developed in his lifetime. 
All of the property came into the possession of his son-in-law, 
Bateman Downing. Benjamin Cary was buried in the Han- 
over Green Cemetery, back of the Presbyterian meeting house, 
near Airs. Burritt's residence, by a numerous concourse of his 
relatives and friends, and a number of other respectable citi- 
zens from this place (Wilkes-Barre) and other townships, on 
August 5, 1830. 

Benjamin was too young to be in the battle, but was doing 
guard duty at the Wilkes-Barre fort during the battle and mas- 
sacre at Wyoming. 

Generation ip. 

The children of Benjamin were : 

Nathan, born 1793 ; married Sally Ann Allen. 



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Nancy, married Elijah Adams. They went West. 
Rachel married Sira Landing. They went West. 
Elias married Lettitia Smiley. 
Sarah married Bateman Downing. 
Esther married Darius Waters. 

Martha married Peter Mensch. They went West. 
Benjamin married Jane Smiley. 
Selestia married Harvey Holcomb. 

John Abbott, born 1808; married Polly Bennett (see Ben- 
nett line). 

Generation 20. 

Nathan Cary, oldest son of Benjamin, was born in Hanover 
at the homestead in 1793. He married Sally Ann Allen. Nathan, 
like his father, was a good singer, taught singing school ; also 
taught day school at Hanover, below Wilkes-Barre. Mr. An- 
ning Dilly, of Wilkes-Barre, said : "Nathan Cary taught school ; 
the boys of that day were pretty rough, and it was no uncom- 
mon thing for a teacher to be turned out of doors. But I want 
to say that Nathan Cary was master as well as teacher, and it 
would have been a sorry day for some one to have made an 
attempt to turn him out." 

Nathan, and all his family, went West in 1845, but his son 
Elias, who always lived in Wilkes-Barre. Nathan married 
his second wife, by the name of Wagner ; moved to Croachan- 
ton, Crawford County, Pennsylvania, where he is buried. He 
had fourteen children: Selesta, Elias, David, Waters, Nathan, 
Byron, Sarah Ann, Katherine, Amanda, Burton, and four who 
died in infancy. 

Generation 21. 

Elias Cary was a son of Nathan Cary, oldest son of Ben- 
jamin and Mercy (Abbott) Cary. Elias was born April 6, 
1819. He was seventy-nine years old when he died, having 
been blind twenty-seven years. A sad series of domestic calam- 
ities overtook him after he had been blind about a dozen years. 
His son Plemon B., died 1886. His wife, Sally Ann (Patter- 
son) Cary died 1888. His son Clarence W. may be living, but 
his whereabouts is unknown. For ten years he lived alone at 
his residence on Jackson Street, Wilkes-Barre, with no rel- 
ative to cheer him in his old age. In his active days Elias was 
a carpenter, was employed on the Court House and other prom- 
inent buildings. He always took an active interest in city af- 
fairs and politics in spite of his blindness ; was a lifelong mem- 
ber of the Methodist church. 

Generation 21. 
Sarah Ann Cary married George Ayers. 



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Generation 21. 

Katherine Cary married Theophilus Von Goodwin. Kath- 
erine, at the death of her mother, Sally Ann (Allen) Cary, 
was adopted by John Cary, son of Comfort (Generation 19) 
Cary. Katherine had four children : Clarence, who married 
Agnes Flum; George, who died in infancy; Luella married 
Nahum Cobb Bement. Cary died . 

Generation 22. 

Clarence Cary, son of Katherine, married Agnes Flum. He 
had three children: Luella May, Raymond, Bessie and Kath- 
erine. 

Generation 22. 

Luella, daughter of Katherine, married Nahum Cobb Bement. 
They had four children : Bessie Luella, Mattie Emaline, Hazel 
May and Cary Godwin. 

Generation 21. 

David Cary, son of Nathan, married Sarah Southwick. 

Generation 21. 
Selesta, daughter of Nathan, married John Sliker, who was 
killed in the Mexican War. 

Generation 21. 
Waters Cary married Annie . 



Generation 21. 
Byron married Martha Grubb. 

Generation 20. 

Benjamin, son of Benjamin and Marcy (Abbott) Cary, went 
West in 1845. He was born in Hanover, Pa. He married 
Jane Smiley. His children are Mary Ann, who married Ira 
P. Demons ; Sarah Jane, who married Frank Persels ; Harriet, 
who married a Hineman ; Miles, who died in young manhood. 

Generation 21. 
Harriet, daughter of Benjamin and Jane (Smiley) Cary, 
married a Hineman. They had three children : 
Miles, who married Lizzie Rowan, Tomah, Wis. 
Dora, teacher, Minneapolis, Minn. 
Sadie, married James Rowan, Tomah, Wis. 

Generation 20. 
Elias Cary, born in Hanover about 1795, married Letitia 
Smiley. He lived in Wright Township at time of death. Their 
children were: Mercy Ann, George, Mary, Eleazer, Archibald, 
Jane, Benjamin, Thomas, Emma, Elvira. 



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Generation 21. 

Mercy Ann, daughter of Elias, married Samuel Cochern. 
They had eight children: Lydia, Martha Jane, twins, Mary 
Elizabeth, Elias Benjamin, Letitia, dead, James E., dead, Sarah 
E., Samuel. 

Generation 22. 

Martha Jane, daughter of Mercy Ann (Cary) Cochern, mar- 
ried Jacob Barry. They had seven children : Marble S., dead, 
Jessie S., S. Cleveland, Edward K., John W., Elizabeth and 
Nettie M. 

Generation 22. 

Mary E., daughter of Mercy Ann (Cary) Cochern, mar- 
ried Robert Stout. They had three children : Martha, who mar- 
ried John Montjoy ; John, who married Grace Estell ; Anna, 
who never married. 

Generation 23. 

Martha married John Mountjoy. They had two children: 
Robert H. and Charles. 

Generation 23. 

John married Grace Estell. They had one child, Mary E. 
Stout. 

Generation 22. 

Samuel, son of Mercy Ann (Cary) Cochern, married Mar- 
garet Culbert. They had two children : Margaret and Dorothy. 

Generation 22. 

Lydia, daughter of Mercy Ann (Cary) Cochern, married 
William Kindred. They had eight children (six are dead), 
Ezra and Ida survive. The dead are George, Gordon, Pearl, 
Anna, Edgar. 

Generation 21. 

George Cary, son of Elias, married Mary Ovens. 

Generation 21. 
Mary Cary, daughter of Elias, married Edmund Ovens. 

Generation 21. 
Archibald Cary, son of Elias, married Elizabeth Shaffer. He 
died in prison at Salisbury, N. C, during Civil War. 

Generation 21. 
Jane Cary, daughter of Elias, married Morris Bush, a vet- 
eran of the Civil War. He had three children : Emma, Alice, 
Belle. 



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Generation 21. 

Benjamin, son of Elias, married Eliza Deterick. He was in 
the Civil War. 

Generation 21. 

Thomas Cary, son of Elias, married Mary Cronk. Their chil- 
dren were: 

Jennie E., who married Emory Fassett. 

Minnie, who married Thomas Shumway. 

Cora, who married Frank Foss. 

Sarah, who married Alton Thurston. 

Generation 21. 
Emma Cary, daughter of Elias, married Philip Morrison. 
They had : 

Thomas, who married Chrissie Thomas. 

William, who married Anna Young. 

Sarah Jane, who married Thomas Caran. 

Avis, who married H. Benner. 

Cora, who married S. Berry. 

John Moody, who married Jane Lyons. 

Generation 22. 
Thomas Morrison, son of Emma (Cary) Morrison, married 
Chrissie Thomas, and lives in Penobscot, Pa. They had four 
children : William O, Harry W., Gertrude May, Emily Lillian. 

Generation 22. 
William Morrison, son of Emma (Cary) Morrison, married 
Anna Young and lived at Penobscot. They had two children, 
Beauliah, Susan. 

Generation 22. 

Sarah Morrison, daughter of Emma ( Cary ) Morrison, mar- 
ried Martin Cavan. They had six children : Thomas, William, 
Floyd, Philip, Lauretta, Sarah Regina. 

Generation 22. 

John Moody Morrison, son of Emma (Cary) Morrison, 
married Jennie Lyons. They had one child, Cora Abberta 
Morrison, who lived at Ashley, Pa. 

Generation 22. 
Avis Morrison, daughter of Emma (Cary) Morrison, mar- 
ried Albert Fitzinger. There were no children. 

Generation 22. 
Mary Morrison, daughter of Emma (Cary) Morrison, mar- 
ried H. Benner. They had three children: Rolla, Silva, Hazel. 



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Generation 22. 
Cora Morrison, daughter of Emma (Cary) Morrison, mar- 
ried S. Berry. No children. 

Generation 21. 
Elvira Cary, daughter of Elias, married Swank. 

Generation 21. 
Eleazer, son of Elias, married Harriet Shaffer. They had 
eleven children: Jennie, Anna, Kate, Milton, Emma, Gussie, 
Charles, James V., Harry, Estella, Elias. 

Generation 22. 

Jennie Cary, daughter of Eleazer, married John Wharren. 
They had the following children : 

Harrison C, married Jennie Jones; George W., married 
Anna Metzker ; Charles F., unmarried ; Jennie, married George 
Holstein ; Harriet C. and Milton A. 

Generation 23. 
Harrison C. Wharren married Jennie Jones. They had one 
child, Charles G. 

Generation 23. 
George F. Wharren married Anna Metzker. They had two 
children, George R, and Helen C. 

Generation 23. 
Jennie Wharren married George Holstein. Two children, 
Hubert and Jeanette. 

Generation 23. 

Anna Cary, daughter of Eleazer, married Andrew Husted. 

Generation 23. 
Kate Cary, daughter of Eleazer, married J. H. Jones. 

Generation 23. 
Milton B. Cary was a son of Eleazer; married Gertrude 
Fulton. 

Generation 23. 

Emma Cary, daughter of Eleazer, married Stewart Dunlop. 

Generation 23. 
Gussie Cary, daughter of Eleazer, died at 18 years. 

Generation 23. 
Charles Cary, son of Eleazer, married Kate Hoyez. 



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Generation 23. 

James V. Cary, son of Eleazer, married Crissie Simons. 
Children : James, Eleazer, Helen G. and Arthur, who died 
August 1, 1904, aged 10 years 9 months 21 days. 

Generation 23. 

Harry Cary, son of Eleazer, married Agnes Dean. Was 
killed on Central Railroad of New Jersey at Pittston, 1907. 

Generation 23. 

Estella Cary, daughter of Eleazer, married Andrew William- 
son. Mr. Williamson is dead. 

Generation 23. 
Elias Cary, son of Eleazer, married Bessie Nicholas. They 
had one child, Dorothy Ruth. 

Generation 20. 
Sarah Cary, daughter of Benjamin and Mercy (Abbott) 
Cary, was born in Hanover 1795, in the old homestead on the 
middle road. Sarah lived in the old homestead after all the 
other children were married, but in later years moved to Wis- 
consin. Burton, Lydia, Reuben, Sarah, Benjamin F. 

Generation 21. 

Burton D., born in 1815, married Hannah Kreidler, daughter 
of George Kreidler, lived and died in Hanover. He died in 
1841. They had one son, John Cary Downing, born 1839; 
married Olive Torbet ; lives in Wilkes-Barre, Pa. Burton 
Downing's widow married Reuben Keyser. 

John C. Downing, veteran Civil War, 112th Pa. Artillery. 

They had two sons, Frank B., Elmer J. 

Generation 21. 
Reuben was born in Hanover, Pa., in 1822, and married 
Nancy Miller, daughter of Barnet Miller, of Hanover, and re- 
moved to Wilkes-Barre. They had Burton, Charles D., Mar- 
tha L. 

Generation 21. 

Lydia Ann was born in Hanover in 1817; married Wm. 
Nagle. 

Generation 20. 

Nancy Cary married Elijah Adams. They went West. 

Generation 20. 
Rachel Cary married Sira Landing. They went to Ohio, 
along the Sciota River. 



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Generation 20. 
Esther Cary married Darius Waters and went to Ohio. 

Generation 20. 

Martha or (Patty) Cary married Peter Mensch. They went 
to Ohio. 

Generation 20. 

Silestia Cary married Harvey Holcomb ; was bcrn in Han- 
over and lived there all her life. The old Holcomb house is 
still standing (1908). They had nine children: Charles, Car- 
oline, Lina, dead, Nathan, dead, Jane, Selestia, Miles, Sarah 
Melissa, Harvey, died 1866. 

Generation 21. 
Charles Holcomb married Sarah Fisher. They had the fol- 
lowing children : John Harvey, Henry, Stella, Lovina, Martha 
Jane, Annie. 

Generation 21. 

Miles Holcomb married Anna Metcalf. He served in 30th 
Pa. Infantry, Civil War. Their children were: Elmer, Milton, 
Minnie, Maud, Clark Goodwin, Roland M., died. 

Generation 21. 

Sarah Melissia married George W. Moore ; had two chil- 
dren, Helen Selestia, George Marvin. 

Generation 22. 
Elmer married Ella E. Williams. 

Generation 22. 
Minnie Maud married George Keiser. Their children were 
Ruth, Mable, Loren. 

Generation 21. 

Benjamin F. Downing was born in Hanover in 1827 ; mar- 
ried Caroline Holcomb (his cousin) ; went to Wisconsin, died 
there in 1872. They had the following children : Emmaline A., 
Millie S., Anna L., Charles B., Ida H., Marvin B. F. 

Generation 22. 
Emmaline A. Downing was born in 1851 ; married Henry 
M. Ritch. 

Generation 22. 

Millie S. was born in 1852 ; married Clarke Sherman. 

Generation 22. 
Anna L.was born in 1853 ; married Chas. C. Hawthorn. 



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Generation 22. 
Chas. B., born 1857 ; married Etta Reeves. 

Generation 22. 
Ida H., born 1802 ; married James Scott. 

Generation 22, 
Marvin B. F. was born in 1868 ; married Mina Silverthorn. 

Generation 20. 

Sarah Downing, daughter of Bateman and Sarah (Cary) 
Downing, was born in 1824 ; married James Petty, and re- 
moved to Indian Territory. 

Generation 20. 

John Abbott Cary was born 1808. He married Polly Ben- 
nett ( see Bennett line ) . John A. was born in Hanover, in the 
old homestead, the Benjamin Cary house; he lived there and in 
Ashley all his life, with the exception of one year when he 
went to Ohio, along the Sciota River, where he bought a farm. 

The first year he was married he bought a farm at Sugar 
Notch, where his eldest child was born, but he was persuaded 
to sell his farm, which was situated about where the Catholic 
Church now stands, and go to Ohio. His second child was 
born in Ohio, but he did not like the country so he sold his farm 
and returned to Ashley, Pa., where he bought a farm, which 
is still owned by his heirs, but has been laid out into building 
lots and being sold, the place now being known as Carytown. 
Mr. Cary held a number of borough and township offices. He 
was a man highly esteemed for his integrity, honesty and up- 
right moral life. He was 84 years old when he died, but no 
doubt would have lived many years more had it not been for 
a cancer which appeared on one side of his mouth, which the 
writer thinks was caused by the butt of his violin, for in later 
years he played almost constantly, until he was often called 
"John, the Fiddler." He had nine children : Hiram, (Fannie, 
Susan,) Sarah, Jane, Charles, Stewart, John, Nathan. 

Generation 21. 

Hiram Cary, eldest son of Benjamin and Mercy (Abbott) 
Cary, was born at the Sugar Notch farm in 1832. He grew to 
manhood on his father's farm in Ashley, Pa., on Cemetery 
Street ; was married to Susan Zeigler, who was born in Wilkes- 
Barre, Pa. The Zeiglers were very old settlers in Northamp- 
ton County; her father Frederick was in the Mexican War. 
Hiram Cary was a man very much respected in the city of 
Wilkes-Barre ; lived on Ash Street, in Eleventh Ward. He 



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was an ardent Republican. His first property was situated 
where the Pennsylvania round house now stands, but in 1886 
he sold this to the company and bought on the other side of 
the street, where he built a home and six tenement houses, 
which are still owned by his heirs. Mr. Cary died July 29, 
1898, two years after his mother. He was one of the two 
executors for her estate, which was not settled when he died. 
His first wife, by whom he had all the children, died in 1881, 
aged 42 years; his second wife was Martha (Tamany) Mc- 
Casey. His children were May Almeda, William Franklin 
(dead), Edwin Henry, James Eugene, Emma (dead), Wil- 
liam (dead), Daisy (dead), Elizabeth, Rebecca E., Frederick 
(dead). 

Generation 22. 

May Almeda Cary, born January 19, 1859, in Wilkes-Barre ; 
married January 13, 1881, to Andrew C. Smith, son of David 
J. Smith, of Dunmore, and grandson of Captain Ephraim 
Smith, a soldier and sailor in Revolutionary War. Mrs. Smith 
is the historian of the Eleazer Cary family, and also author 
of this pamphlet. Their children are: 

Harriet Olive, died September 19, 1896, aged 14 years 11 
months. 

Fanny Mae, born July 19, 1883. 

Andrew David, born May 23, 1885 ; died March 1, 1886. 

Helen, dead. 

Adaline, born October 4, 1889 ; died July 29, 1890. 

Ripple Cary, born July 25, 1891. 

Alice Cary, born April 11, 1896. 

Generation 22. 

James Eugene Cary, son of Hiram and Susan (Zeigler) 
Cary, born in Wilkes-Barre, October 3, 1862, and lives in Cam- 
den, N. J. Married Clara Kreuger, of Wilkes-Barre. They 
have Laura May, Fannie E., Eugene, Jr., died. 

Generation 22. 

Elizabeth Cary, daughter of Hiram and Susan ( Zeigler ) 
Cary, was born in Wilkes-Barre. Married, 1st, John Cox ; 2nd, 
Peter Wagner. Died March 24, 1907. She left Robert and 
Peter. She died in Chicago and was buried there. 

Generation 22. 

Rebecca E., daughter of Hiram and Susan (Zeigler) Cary, 
was born in Wilkes-Barre, Pa., March 27, 1873 ; married D. 
V. Thomas, and had two children: Robert V. (February 3, 
1889), Hiram Cary (September 19, 1891). 



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Generation 21. 

Fannie Susan Cary married E. Henry Stein, of Chicago, 
a veteran of the Civil War. Mr. Stein was a widower with 
three children when he married. They were Henrietta, Emma 
and Louis. Air. Stein kept a large business in Chicago, on 
State Street, called the Dollar Store. He died a few months 
before the Chicago fire. Airs. Stein has traveled very exten- 
sively, and has been around the world several times. She had 
no children. 

Generation 21. 

Sarah Cary married Christian Leaser, who was a veteran of 
the Civil War, 112th Pa. Artillery. Mr. Leaser was killed in 
the mines. They had two children, Susan and Frank (single, 
1908). 

Generation 21. 

Susan married Harry Hammil. No children. 

Generation 21. 
John Cary married Mary Smith. John was killed on the 
railroad. 1 le left one son, J. Stewart Cary. 

Generation 21. 

Stewart Cary married Mary McCuen. Mr. Cary kept the 
"Dollar Store" in Wilkes-Barre for many years, but now lives 
in Ashley, Pa. They had one child (Ethel), who married and 
lives in Chicago. 

Generation 21. 

Jane Cary married Charles Lahr, veteran Civil War, 104th 
Pa. Infantry. Children : Emma, Martha, Sterling, Jacob. 

Martha married Frederick Mcintosh ; one child, Frederick. 



COMFORT CARY LINE AND JOSEPH CARY LINE. 

Generation rg. 

Comfort Cary, son of Eleazer, came to Wyoming Valley 
with his father in 1772. He was too young to be in battle at 
time of Massacre, but was at the Wilkes-Barre fort at time of 
battle. He married Hulda Weeks, daughter of Philip Weeks, 
who was killed in massacre at Wyoming. Their children were : 

John, married Hannah Dickson. 

Benjamin, married Katy Arkam. 

Lucy, married Erastus Coswell. 

Lydia, married Jacob Worthing. 

Daniel, married Lovina Dilley. 

In the recorder's office at Wilkes-Barre there is no mention 
of a Daniel Cary in partition of land. 



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Generation 20. 

John Cary, son of Comfort, married Hannah Dickson and 
lived in the sloop house, still standing near the Lehigh Valley 
Railroad in the field near Ashley, Pa. They went West in 
about 1843. They had the following children : 

Daniel, married Elvira Clara Smiley. 

Lucy, married George Barns. 

Ambrose, married Hannah . 

Generation 18. 

Joseph Cary, born in 1705, in West Bridgewater, married ^ , 
Anna Brett, daughter of Elihu Brett, in 1732. Their children ***" f 
were: Barnabas, born in 1733 ; Elihu, John, Joseph. 

Generation 19. 

Barnabas Cary, born 1733, married Mary Scott. Their 
children were : 

Joseph, born 1756. 
Hannah, born 1759. 
Sarah, born 1762. 
Anna, born 1764. 
John, born 1766. 
Mary, born 1768. 
Barnabas, born 1770. 
Kessiah, born 1775. 

Generation 20. 

Barnabas Cary, son of Barnabas and Mary (Scott) Cary, 
married Katherine Smith ; he was born in 1770. 

Generation 20. 

John Cary, son of Barnabas and Mary (Scott) Cary, mar- 
ried Lucy McKey. Their children were : 

Miner, born December 22, 1789 ; died August 8, 1861. 
Barnabas, born December 26, 1791 ; died November 13, 1863. 
Toseph, born February 23, 1794; died August 8, 1877. 
William, born June 14, 1796 ; died November 12. 1880. 
John Brett, born May 30, 1798 ; died January 13, 1870. 
Mary, born November 1, 1800 ; died March 23, 1823. 
Sarah, born February 2, 1803 ; died April 29, 1846. 
Lucy, born March 13, 1805 ; died February 24, 1875. 
Daniel, born March 15, 1S07 ; died March 26, 1864. 
Isaac Hunt, born February 22, 1810 ; died July 25, 1901. 
Lois, born August 20, 1812 ; died April 4, 1847. 
Eliza, born March 17, 1818; died February 17, 1903. 



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THE CARY REVOLUTIONARY WAR RECORD. 

(Received from J. R. Clark, Maunie, 111.) 



(1st New York. From New York in the Revolution. Edition 

of 1896.) 



Dutchess County Militia. 

Stephen Cary, 5th Regt., Capt. William Clark ; Colonels : Wil- 
liam Humphrey and James Yanderburg. 

John Cary, 7th Regt., Dutchess Co., Col. Henry Lundenton 
(page 150 ). 

Dutchess Co. Land Bounty Rights, 3rd Regt. Enlisted men : 
John Carv. Nathan Carv, Samuel Carv, Stephen Cary (page 
I'll). 

Dutchess Co. military commission. Beekman Precinct, under 
Capt. Cornwallis Yan Wvck ; Ensign, Nathaniel Cary, Oct. 17, 
1775. 

Elihu Cary. the line Artificers (page •'.; i. 

Albany County Militia. 

Thomas Cary, 8th Regt., Col. Robert Yan Renorseler (page 
111). 

John Cary. Col. John Schoonhaven (page 120). 

Lemuel Carv, Seth Cary. 11th Regt., Col. John Knicker- 
bocker ( pages 1 2 5-1 2 7 ) . 

Seth Cary, 16th Regt.. Col. John Blair ( page 180). 

Connecticut Troops. 

( From Collections of the Connecticut Historical Society. I 
Joseph Cary (page 239), Josiah Cary (page 259), josiah 

Carv ( ship's carpenter ) ( page 1 65 ) . 

Roger Cary, of Capt. Hallains Co., 4th Regt., 1777; Col. 

Durkee (page 6-4). 

( From Military Records of Connecticut.) 

Anson Cary, pay from 5/20, , to 1/1, 1780 ; Capt. Nathan 

Wales (page 559 ). 

Benj. Cary, New London, enlisted three years, 3/17, 1777; 
Brown Companv (page 559). 

Roger Cary, 'Simsbury, enl. 4/28, 1777; disc. 1/1, 1778; 
Hyde Co. ( page 559 ) . 

Ezekiel Cary, Ensign, 9/13, 1776; disc. 10/17, (page 

559). 



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George Cary, enl. 4/9, 1777, in Capt. Clarke's Co. (pages 
293, 474). 

James Cary, Sarg't in Capt. Wales' Co. ; Col. Jer. Mason 
(page 617). 

Walter Cary, enl. 6/26, 1780; disc. 12/13, 1780 (page 155). 

John Cary, Westmoreland, enl. 1/1, 1777; disc. 1/1, 1780 
(page 20). 

Jabish Cary, enl. 7/20, 1780; disc. 12/9, 1780 (page 155). 

Joseph Cary arrived in camp 7/1, 1778, in Capt. Abner Rob- 
inson's Co.; Col. Samuel McClellan's Regt. (page 254). 

Nathaniel Cary, of Mansfield, enl. 5/12, 1777; disc. 5/24, 
1780 (page 149). 

Oliver Cary, of Windham, enl. three years, 2/21, 1778 ; Capt. 
Kiggsley Co. (page 293). 

Richard Cary, enl. 3/12, 1778; disc. 4/13, 1779. Joined by 
order 5/10, 1779, 3rd Maryland Regt. (page 173). 

Roger Cary, enl. 5/15, ; disc. 11/5, ; 2nd Co. of 

Simsbury (page 65). 

Roger Cary, enl. 4/28, 1777: disc. 1/11, 1778; Hyde Co. 
(see above). Natestill in Capt. Churchill's Co. (page 402). 

(From Records of the State of Connecticut, Vol 2.) 

John Cary, appt. 4/ — , 1780; Ensign 6th Co., Alarm List, 
20th Regt. (page 532). Among the killed at Wyoming was 
Joseph Cary (Miner's History of Wyoming Valley, page 242.) 

(From Vermont Revolutionary Rolls.) 

Samuel Cary, entered service 3/26, 1780; disc. 3/29, 1780 
(page 165). 

Samuel Cary, Capt. John Stafford's Co. ; Col. Gideon War- 
ren's Co. (page 301). 

Samuel Cary, in Capt. Nathaniel Blanchard's Co., 1781 (page 
301). 

Samuel Cary again in Capt. Nathaniel Blanchard's Co., 1781 
(page 470). 

Christopher Cary (son of Samuel) entered service 3/1, 1781, 
also (page 809) in Capt. Nelson's Co., Col. Wait's Battalion; 
was made prisoner and taken to Canada. Allowance for pay 
was made by the Legislature upon petition of his father (pages 
343, 741). 

Benj. Cary, Jr., on pay roll of Capt. Bigelowe, Lawrence Co., 
1780 (page 223). 

Capt. Lemuel Cary, 1781, Col. John Abott's Regt. (page 
407). 

Mentions Seth Cary as a private (page 408). 

Nathan Cary, 114 days' service, 1780-81, in Capt. Robin- 
son's Army (page 332). 



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New Hampshire. 

(New Hampshire Revolutionary Rolls, Vol. 2, Edition 1880.) 

Capt. William Cary, of Col. Wm. Bellows' Regt., went Sept. 
21, 1777, and reinforced the Northern Con. Army at Saratoga 
under Gen. Gates (page 367). 

Also refers to Capt Cary (page 462). 

Arthur Cary, or Carey, in Capt. Samuel Marston's Co. 
( pages 462, 503). 

Lt. Samuel Carey, discharged 6/14, 1777 (page 11). 

Capt. Wm. Cary, of Lempster, entry 9/21, 1777 (page 11). 
(From New Hampshire State Papers, Vol. N.) 

Christopher Cary, enl. 4/ — , 1778, for one year (page 250). 

Rhode Island. 

(From Civil and Military List, 1647-1800.) 
Peleg Cary, chosen as Ensign 1742-43-44. Nathanial Cary, 
of Bristol, chosen as Ensign 1 755-56-57-58-5!), and as Captain 
1760 ; as Major 1761 ; Lt. Col. 1762 ; Col. 1765 (page 39). 
Jonathan Cary, J. P. at East Greenwich (page 236). 
Caleb Cary, Lt. Col. 17 66 (page 236). 



SOME CARY LINES. 



First Generation — Jolin Cary. 

John. Children: John, Francis, Elizabeth, James, Mary, 
Jonathan. Hannah, Joseph, Rebecca, Sarah. 

Second Generation — John Cary. 

John. Children : John, Seth, John, Nathaniel, Eleazer, James, 
Benjamin, Elizabeth, Abigail, Josiah, Timothy. 

Francis. Children : Samuel, Ephraim, Mary, Lydia, Mehit- 
abel. 

James. Children: Mercy, Mary, James, Hannah, Elizabeth. 

Jonathan. Children: Recompense, John, Jonathan. 

David. Children: Elizabeth, Mehitabel, Bathsheba, Sarah, 
Bethiah, David, Peter, Mary, Priscilla, Henry. 

Joseph. Children : Joseph, Jabez, Hannah, John, Seth, Eliz- 
abeth. 

Third Generation. 

John. Children : Phebe, Abigail, John, Damaris. 
Eleazer. Children : Elizabeth, Abigail, Ann, Lydia, Eleazer, 
Mary, Martha, Sarah, William, Alathea, William. 

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James. Children : Rebecca, Seth. 

Benjamin. Children : Benjamin, Allen, Nathaniel, Bethiah, 
Abigaii, Elizabeth, Mehitabel, John, Lydia, Seth, Joseph, Sus- 
anna, Mary. 

Josiah. Children : Joseph, Nathaniel. 

Samuel. Children : Joseph, Lydia, Alice, Elizabeth, Samuel, 
David, Nathan, Eleazer, Mary. 

Ephraim. Children : Mehitabel, Ezra, Zachariah, Ephraim, 
Daniel. 

James. Children : Sarah, Joshua. 

Deacon Recompense. Children : Seth, Ichabod, Ebenezer, 
Sarah, Simeon, Zebulon, Jonathan, Josiah, Mary, Abigail. 

John. Children: John, Martha, Henry, Susanna, Beriah, 
Molly, Thankful, Huldah. 

Jonathan. Children : Seth, Eleazer, Susanna, Anne, Jon- 
athan, Eliphalet, Experience, Benjamin, Jesse. 

David. Children : David, Edward, Mary, Thomas, Nathan, 
Michael. 

Joseph. Children: Abigail, Joseph, Zeroiah, Hannah. 

Jabez. Children: Joseph, Hannah, Jabez, Nathaniel, Eben- 
ezer, David, Mary, Benjamin. 

John. Children :John, Benijah, Phebe, Joseph, Mercy, Wil- 
liam, Jonathan, Nathaniel, Samuel. 

Seth. Children : Mary, Seth, Elizabeth, Josiah, Joanna, 
David, Daniel, Abigail, Hannah, Moses. 

Fourth Generation. 

Eleazer. Children : Eleazer, Nathaniel, Susanna, Althea, 
Phineas, Prudence, Lydia, Jerusha. 

Deacon William. Children : Susanna, Eleazer, Mary, Oli- 
vet, Elliott, Eunice, William, James (last three triplets), Lydia, 
Susanna, Throop, Lydia, John F., Nancy, Susan. 

Benjamin. Children : John, Joseph, Thomas, Nathaniel, 
Ebenezer, Thankful, Abigail, Susan, George. 

Allen. Children: Molly, Benjamin, Abigail, Allen, Susan- 
nah, Hannah. 

Nathaniel. Children : Abigail. 

Eleazer. Children : Nathan, John, Samuel, Benjamin, Com- 
fort, Mehitabel. 

Ezra. Children : Ezra, Luther, Calvin, Ephraim. 

Zachariah. Children: Ezra, Mehitabel, Susanna, Daniel, 
Luther. 

Ephraim. Children : Anna, Azulah, Phebe, Ephraim, Susan- 
na, Huldah, Daniel. 

Daniel. Children : Lewis, Abel, Hannah, Polly, Phebe. 

Ichabod. Children: Seth, Ichabod, Aaron, Joshua, Zenos, 
Hannah, Mary, Daniel, Ebenezer. 



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Col. Simeon. Children : Molly, Mehitabel, Howard, Martha, 
Rhoda. 

Zebulon. Children : Mehitabel, Lydia, Josiah, Zebulon, 
Recompense, Mary. 

Jonathan. Children : Moses, Mary, Dorothy, Jonathan, 
Huldah, Alpheus, Huldah, Sarah, James. 

BRETT. 

William Brett, probably from Kent, England, was at Dux- 
bury in 1(545, and was one of the original proprietors and set- 
tlers in West Bridgwater. An elder of the church, a leading 
man both in church and town ; was often a representative to 
old colony court. Mr. Brett often preached when Rev. Mr. 
Keith was sick or otherwise prevented. He died in 1681, 
survived by his widow Margaret. His children were William, 
Elihu, Nathaniel, Lydia, Alice and Hannah. Alice married 
Joseph Hayward, and Hannah married Francis Cary. ( Mich- 
ell's History of Bridgewater, page 120). 

GODFREY. 

Francis Godfrey was in Plymouth in 1637, and in Duxbury 
in 1640. He bore arms in 1643 ; was a carpenter. Not much 
is known of his early history. He had a servant named John 
Pitcher. He died in 1669, "an old man," as he called himself 
in his will, written in 1660. He was worth 117 pounds 17 shil- 
lings 5 pence. Elizabeth, daughter of Francis, married John 
Cary in 1644. 

POOLE. 

Isaac Poole lived in South Bridgewater; was in French and 
Indian War in 1775. He died in 1709. His wife, whose name 

was Bethiah , who died in 1770. His son Joshua, 

had a daughter Mary, who married Samuel Cary, 17th Genera- 
tion. 

ATHERTON. 

(Received from Mrs. Charles A. Miner.) 

First. James Atherton, born in Preston, Lancashire, Eng- 
land, died at Sherburne, Mass., 1708, aged 84 years. Wife 
named Hannah, buried in Sherburne, or James buried in 
North Dorchester. 

Second. James Atherton, born March 13, 1654; died at 
Sherburne, 1738, aged 84 years. Abigail Hudson, his wife, 
born September 7, 1667; married June 6, 1684. 

Third. James Atherton, born February 27, 1685. His wife 
was Sarah. 

Fourth. James Atherton, born May 6, 1716 ; died October 
28, 1758, aged 83 years ; buried Forty Fort Cemetery. 



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Wife Elizabeth Borden, died March 25, 1802, aged 84 years ; 
buried Forty Fort Cemetery. 

Fifth. James Atherton, born September 19, 1751 ; died May 
5, 1828 ; married May 3, 1774. 

Wife, Lydia Washburn, born May 16, 1757; died June 20, 
1847. Both buried Galena, Ohio. 

Elisha Atherton, born May 7, 1786 ; died April 2, 1853 ; mar- 
ried February 3, 1828. 

Wife, Caroline Ann Ross (Maffet), born February 24, 1797; 
died August 18, 1885. 

Elisha buried in Forty Fort Cemetery. Wife buried Hollen- 
back Cemetery. 

Eliza Ross Atherton, born March 10, 1831 ; married Jan- 
uary 19, 1853. 

Charles Abbott Miner, born August 30, 1830 ; died July 25, 
1903 ; buried Hollenback Cemetery. 

Humphrey Atherton, thought to be brother of lames, first, 
buried North Dorchester. 

ADAMS. 

Henry Adams, emigrant, arrived in Boston 1032; died in 
Braintree, October 6, 1(>46; buried in Braintree. 

Capt. Samuel Adams, born in England 1617 ; died January 
24, 1688. Married Rebecca Graves October 3, 1662. 

Susanna Adams, born ; died March 16, 1741. 

Married Daniel Waldo, born August 19, 1657 ; buried Wappa- 
ginan's Brook, Conn. 

Hannah Waldo, born July 17, 1687; died October IS- 1777, 
aged 91 years. Married Ephraim Cary February 3, 1709 ; died 
July 18, 1765, aged 88 years ; both buried Bridgwater, Mass. 

Mehitabel Cary (Allen), born December 3, 1709. First hus- 
band was Benjamin Allen. Married Caleb Washburn May 27, 
1756. 

Lydia Washburn, born May 16, 1757 ; died June 20, 1847. 
Married May 3, 1774. Married James Atherton, born Sep- 
tember 19, 1751 ; died May 5, 1828. Both buried in Galena, O. 

WALDO. 

Cornelius Waldo, emigrant, born 1624, in England; died 
January 3, 1700, in Chelmsford. Married Hannah Cogswell, 
born 1624, died December 25, 1704; married, 1650, in Eng- 
land ; buried in Phipps Street Burying Ground, Boston. 

Daniel Waldo, born August 19, 1657 ; died November 1, 
1737, at Pomphret. Married Susanna Adams November 20, 
1683 ; died March 16, 1741. Both buried in old burying ground, 
Wappaginan's Brook, Conn. (I think Pomphret.) 

Hannah Waldo, born July 17, 1687; died October 18, 1777. 



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aged 91 years. Married Ephraim Cary, born 1677, died July 
18, 1765, aged 88 years; married Feb. 3, 1709. Buried in East 
Bridgwater, Mass. 

COGSWELL. 

John Cogswell, emigrant, sailed from England May 23, 1635 ; 
married Elizabeth Thompson. 

Hannah Cogswell, born 1624 in England; died December 25, 
1704, in Boston. 

Cornelius Waldo, born 1624 in England ; died January 3, 
L700, in Chelmsford; married in England, 1650: buried in 
Phipps Burying Ground, Boston. 

HUDSON. 

Daniel Hudson, emigrated, 1639, from England. Wife was 
Joanna. 

Abigal Hudson, born September 7, 1667, in Lancaster. Mar- 
ried James Atherton, born March 13, L654, at Sherburne; mar- 
ried June 6, 1684. 

CARY. 

John Cary, born 1610, in England, came to America 1634; 
died 1681. Wife, Elizabeth Godfrey; married about 1640; 
died 1680. 

Francis Cary, born 1647 at Duxbury ; died 1718. Wife, 
Hannah Brett, his cousin; married in 167<i. 

Ephraim Cary, born Km « ; died July 18, 1765, aged 88 years ; 
married February 3, 1709. Wife, Hannah Waldo, born July 
17, 1687; died October 18, 1777, aged 91 years. Both buried 
in East Bridgwater, Mass. 

Mehitabel Cary (Allen), born December 3, 1709; married 
Caleb Washburn'May 27, 1756. 

Lydia Washburn, born May 16, 1757; died June 20, 1847; 
married May 3, 1774. Married James Atherton, born Septem- 
ber 19, 1751 ; died May 5, 1828. Both buried Galena, Ohio. 



ELIZABETH (CARY) STARK LINE. 

James Stark, son of Christopher Stark, was born May 22, 
1734, at Greton, Conn.; died July 20, 1777, at Wilkes-Barre, 
Pa., of smallpox. He was an early settler at Pawlings, Dutch- 
ess County, having moved there with his father subsequent 
to 1755. He married Elizabeth Cary. In the spring of 1773 
the family emigrated to the Wyoming Valley, locating at 
Wilkes-Barre. September 26, 1776, he enlisted in the 2nd In- 
dependent Company, located at Westmoreland ; his son joined 
Capt. Simon Spalding's command June, 1778. This son was 
the eldest of a large family. On the day of the massacre at 



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Wyoming the widow saved herself by hiding in a field of corn, 
and upon finding that their home and its contents were de- 
stroyed, she gathered what she could, and taking the small 
children she went all the way back on foot to her old home in 
Dutchess County, and arrived at her sister's (wife of Col. 
Pearce) a picture of utter misery and destitution. She died 
August 12, 1778, unable to rally from the trying ordeal. 

Henry Stark, son of James and Elizabeth (Cary) Stark, 
married Elizabeth Kennedy. 

John Stark, son of Henry and Elizabeth (Kennedy) Stark, 
married Cornelia Wilcox. 

Mary A. Stark, daughter of John and Cornelia (Wilcox) 
Stark, married Stephen Miller. 

Jennie Miller, daughter of Stephen and Mary A. (Stark) 
Miller, married C. S. Crane. 

MRS. MARY JANE DAVIS' LINE. 

Joseph, . 

Joseph, born 1750. 

John, born 1784; died 1844. Will made 1840, and is now 
in possession of Mrs. Davis. It gives Beekman as his former 
residence. Beekman formerly included Pawling Valley, Dover 
and Union Vale, besides a part of La Grange. John I. bought 
the farm formerly purchased by his father. 

First Joseph helped in the founding of the Trinity Episcopal 
Church, and was one of its first officers. 

Methodism was first introduced in Fishkill 1785, at which 
time the family became identified with the Methodist Church. 

MRS. ENGLISH DESCENT FROM JOHN ALDEN 
THROUGH RUTH AND JOSEPH ALDEN. 

John Alden, born 1599 ; married Priscilla Muliens in 1623. 

Ruth Alden was fifth child of John and Priscilla; married 
John Bass. 

Samuel Bass, son of John and Ruth (Alden) Bass, married 
Mary Adams. 

Jonathan Bass, son of Samuel and Mary (Adams) Bass, 
married Susan Byron. 

Susanna Bass, daughter of Jonathan and Susan (Byron) 
Bass, married Zachariah Cary, 1742. 

Major Daniel Cary, son of Zachariah and Susanna (Bass) 
Cary, married Mehitabel Brett, 1778. 

Eunice Cary Blake, daughter of Daniel and Mehitabel 
(Brett) Cary, married Grenfell Blake, 1805. 

Harrison Blake, son of Grenfell and Eunice (Cary) Blake, 
married Susan Brett Cary, 1836. 



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Susan Gary Blake, daughter of Harrison and Susan Brett 
(Cary) Blake, married David C. English, M. D., son of David 
C. English, M. D., September 14, 1876. 

Grenfell Harrison Blake English, son of Dr. David C. and 
Susan (Cary) Blake English, born December 31, 1872. Mar- 
ried Mary Bertha Wilson June 15, 11)05. 

John Alden, born 1599, married Priscilla Molliens, 1623. 

Joseph Alden, born 1626, son of John and Priscilla (Mol- 
iens) Alden, married Mary Simons. 

Isaac Alden, born 1665, son of Joseph and Mary Simons 
Alden, married Mehitabel (Cary) Allen in 1685. 

Sarah Alden, daughter of Isaac and Mehitabel (Allen) 
Alden, married Seth Brett, 1712. 

Simeon Brett, son of Seth and Sarah ( Alden ) Brett, mar- 
ried Mehitabel Packard in 1748. 

Calvin Brett, son of Simeon and Mehitabel ( Packard ) Brett, 
married Esther Hollis in 1790. 

Susanna Brett, daughter of Calvin and Esther (Hollis) 
Brett, married Alanson Cary, 1816. 

Susan Brett Cary, daughter of Allanson and Susanna (Brett) 
Cary, married Harrison Blake, 1836. 

Susan Cary Blake, daughter of Harrison and Susan Brett 
(Car}' ) I Hake, married . 

MRS. ENGLISH CARY DESCENT. 

Through Father's Line. 

John Cary, one of the first settlers of Bridgwater, Mass., 
married Elizabeth, daughter of Francis Godfrey, 1044. 

Francis Cary, son of Elizabeth and John (Godfrey) Cary, 
born 1(148; married Hannah, daughter of William Brett, 1076. 
( Had five children. ) 

Ephraim Cary, son of Francis and Hannah (Brett) Cary, 
born 1679 ; married Hannah Waldo 1709. (Had five children. ) 

Zachariah Cary, son of Ephraim and Hannah (Waldo) Cary, 
born 1713 ; married Susanna Bass, daughter of Capt. Jonathan 
Bass, in 1742. (Had five children.) 

Major Daniel Cary, son of Zachariah and Susanna (Bass) 
Cary, born 1758; married Mehitabel, daughter of Simeon 
Brett, 1778. (Had ten children.) 

Eunice Cary, daughter of Daniel and Mehitabel (Brett) 
Cary, born September 10, 1781 ; married Grenfill Blake, 1805. 
(Had seven children.) 

Harrison Blake, son of Grenfill and Eunice (Cary) Blake, 
born September 12, 1805 ; married Susan Brett Cary, daughter 
of Alanson and Susanna (Brett) Cary, October 3, 1836. (Had 
six children.) 



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Susan Cary Blake, daughter of Harrison and Susan Brett 
(Cary) Blake, born Nov. 13, 1845; married David C. English, 
M. D., son of Dr. David C. and Henrietta (Green) English, 
September 14, 1870. (Had one child.) 

Grenfill Harrison Blake English, son of Dr. David C. and 
Susan Cary (Blake) English, born December 31, 1872; mar- 
ried Mary Bertha Wilson June 15, 1905. 

Through Mother's Line. 

John Cary, and same as above down to : 

Zachariah Cary, son of Ephraim and Hannah (Waldo) 
Cary, born 1713 ; married Susanna Bass, daughter of Capt. 
Jonathan Bass, in 1742. (Had five children.) 

Luther Cary, M. D., son of Zachariah and Susanna (Bass) 
Cary, born May 30, 1761 ; married Abigail King, daughter of 
Deliverance King, 1781. (Had twelve children.) 

Alanson Cary, son of Dr. Luther H. and Abigail (King) 
Cary, born 179(3 ; married Susanna Brett, daughter of Calvin 
and Esther (Hollis) Brett, July 4, 181G. (Had three children.) 

Susan Brett Cary, daughter of Allanson and Susanna (Brett) 
Cary, born April 2, 1817 ; married Harrison Blake, son of Gren- 
fall and Eunice (Cary) Blake, born November 13, 1845; mar- 
ried David C. and Henrietta (Green) English, September 14, 
1870. (Had one child.) 

Grenfell Harrison Blake English, son of Dr. David C. and 
Susan Cary (Blake) English, born December 31, 1872; mar- 
ried Mary Bertha Wilson June 15, 1905. 

Dr. David C. English, born September 14, 187G. Then same 
as above. 

Mrs. English descends from John and Priscilla Alden, in 
four lines. On her father's side twice, through his mother, 
Eunice (Cary) Blake, through both her mother (Mehitabel 
Brett Cary), and her father (Major Daniel Cary). On her 
mother's side twice, through her mother's mother, Susanna 
Brett Cary, and her mother's father, Deacon Allanson Cary. 

Mrs. English's great grandfathers, Dr. Luther Cary and 
Major Daniel Cary, were brothers. 

BRIEFS. 

There is a street in London called Cary Street. 

In the gallery at Oxford, England, there is a picture of Wil- 
liam Cary, Bishop of England. 

Samuel, Nathan and Abraham were in Albany County, New 
York. 

John died in Oneida County ; Joseph, of Wisconsin ; Leonard, 
of Cohoes, N. Y. ; Martin C, of Sheridan, N. Y. 

Information wanted of a Mehitabel Cary, who married John 
Scott in 1770. 

Also of an Elizabeth Cary, born 1797; married a Jenkins. 



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FULLER FAMILY. 3— ^r- ^ 

Thomas Fuller, from Wobun, Mass., 1638, was a sargeant 
1656, lieutenant 1685. He married Elizabeth, daughter of John 
and Margaret Tidd, June 13, 161:5, and had Thomas Fuller, 
born April 30, 1644, who married Martha Durgy, daughter of 
William and Martha (Cross) Durgy. They had Stephen Ful- 
ler, born August 10, 1700; married Hannah Moulton June 1, 
1723. Emigrated to Wyoming Valley IT (is. He was oldest 
man in battle at Wyoming, and was killed. 

Alice Fuller, daughter of Stephen Fuller, was born February 
20, 1741 : married John Abbott (see Abbott line), born Sep- 
tember 27, 1741 ; married November 4, 1762. Their youngest 
daughter married Benjamin Cary (see Cary line). 

ROBERT CROSS. 

Robert Cross. Ipswich, 1639, served in Pequoit War ; died 
October 29, 1677. 

Martha, a daughter, married William Durgy. 

EDWARD BENNETT, Wiltshire, England (Savage). 

First colony, Weymouth, N. E., where he died 1646. One 
son, Samuel, born 1628, died 1684, Greenwich, R. I., where he 
bought lands; made a freeman 1655 ; sargeant of militia, salary 
twenty pounds, in 1656. Was voted 100 acres of public lands 
in Connecticut for military service during war with Narragan- 
setts, and also with King Philip's. Deputy to General Court 
1678. This Samuel had a son Samuel, born 1644, died at Cov- 
entry, R. I. His first wife was Sarah Forsman ; 2nd, Desire 

Berry ; 3rd, Rachel ; by trade a carpenter ; made free 

1684, grand juror 1688, deputy to General Court 1688, and was 
lieutenant of militia. He had a son Samuel, born Rhode Isl- 
and, 1690, to whom was granted by his father, 1711, ten acres 
of land. He married Mary Stafford; had two sons, Ephraim 
and Thomas. Thomas had one son, Ishmael, who married Ab- 
igail (Beers) Weeks, widow of Philip Weeks, who was killed 
in massacre. Ishmael was a horseman in Wyoming massacre. 
Abigail Beers was daughter of Jabez Beers, who was killed 
in Wyoming massacre. (Savage's History of New England 
Families.) 

Nathan Bennett, son of Ishmael, married Ann Hoover. 
(Plumb's History of Hanover.) 

Polly, daughter of Nathan and Ann (Hoover) Bennett, mar- 
ried John A. Cary (see Cary line) 1830. Polly (Bennett) Cary 
died 1896. 



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GEORGE ABBOTT. 

George Abbott, the venerable ancestor of a numerous pro- 
geny, was born 1615; died December 24, 1681; emigrated, as 
tradition reports, from Yorkshire, England, about 1640; was 
among the first settlers of Andover in 1643, and a proprietor. 
His house was a garrison, and was used as such many years 
after his death. In 1647 he married Hannah Chandler, daugh- 
ter of William and Annis ( Alcock) Chandler (Weaver says) ; 
he married December 12, 1646. Hannah C, daughter of Wil- 
liam, of Roxbury, who came over in same ship with his son-in- 
law (History of Andover says). William Chandler came to 
New England about 1637 and brought four children, Thomas, 
Hannah, John and William. Sarah, his fifth child, was born in 
Roxbury. Hannah's brother Thomas was among the first set- 
tlers of Andover, and progenitor of a numerous race. 

George and Hannah were industrious, economical, sober, 
pious and respectable ; with Christian fortitude and submission 
they endured their trials, privations and dangers, of which 
they had a large share ; they brought up a large family well, 
and trained them in the way they should go, from which they 
did not depart. George A. died December 24, 1681. Hannah, 
born 1629, died June 11, 1711, aged 82 years. She married 
for her second husband, Rev. Francis Dane, minister of And- 
over, who died in February, 1697, aged 81 years. 

They had thirteen children ; their sixth child, William, was 
born November 18, 1657 ; died October 24, 1713 ; a Puritan in 
faith and Christian conduct ; lived near Prof. Stewart's house, 
Andover; married June 2, 1682 (Weaver says), Elizabeth 
Geary, daughter of Nathaniel, of Roxbury, she died December, 
]712. They had twelve children; tenth child was Philip (Page 
85 in Historical Sketches of Andover, Mass.) 

William Abbott married Elizabeth G., daughter of Robert 
Gray (Page 113.) 

Robert Gray was a mariner, the only one of whom record 
has been found in and among the early settlers; in 1699 he 
bought some hundred acres of land, more or less, from Henry 
Holt and Mr. Dudley Bradstreet. These estates lie in the Holt 
district of the south parish ; one parcel is described as between 
Col. Bradstreet's "upper falls meadow," and Lieut. Osgood's 
"Gillet plains meadow." The deeds have been handed down 
in the families which have continued to occupy the homestead 
to the present owner, Mr. Henry Gray. In February, 1718, 
Robert Gray made his will, giving lands, etc., and all his wear- 
ing clothes and cane, with a silver head, to his son, Henry G. 

A son of Robert Gray was the Rev. Robert Gray, graduate 
of Harvard College, 1786 ; minister of Dover, N. H. 

Philip, son of William, born April 3, 1699, and about 1748, 



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farmer, went from Andover, about 1752, to Hampton, Conn. ; 
removed to Windham, where most or all of his children were 
born. His estate was partially settled in probate court, Wind- 
ham ; he married Abigail Bickford, October 20, 1723 ; had eight 
children. John, the eighth child, born September 27. 1741, killed 
July 18, 1778. 

JOHN ABBOTT. 

John Abbott, son of Philip, moved to Wyoming 1769; was 
in battle at Wyoming, but escaped ; but was soon after killed 
and scalped by the Indians while attempting to harvest his 
crops ; his house, barn and furniture was burned, and his cattle 
lost. His widow, in a state of utter destitution, and nine chil- 
dren, the eldest son nine years of age, begged their way to 
their friends in Connecticut. 

John Abbott built the first dwelling house in Wilkes-Barre, 
of which the fireplace still remains, on southwest corner of 
Northampton and Main Streets (Kulp III, 1392) He mar- 
ried November 4, 1762, Alice Fuller, daughter of Stephen Ful- 
ler (see Fuller line). They had twelve children; one daughter, 
Mercy, married Benjamin Cary in 1792 I see Cary line). 

COPY OF THE WILL OF NATHAN CARY. 

(Made at Pawling. Dutchess Co., N. Y., March 7, U97 ; pro- 
bated at Poughkeepsie. Dutchess Co., N. Y., January 17, 1801.) 

IN THE NAME OF GOD AMEN: I, Nathan Cary of 
Paulings Town, Dutchess County, and State of New York, be- 
ing in a comfortable state of bodily health, and of perfect 
mind, and memory, thanks be given unto God, calling unto 
mind the mortality of my body, and knowing that it is ap- 
pointed unto all men once to die, do make and ordain this my 
last Will and Testament ; viz. principally and first of all, I give 
and recommend my soul into the hands of almighty God that 
gave it, and my body I recommend to the earth, to be buried in 
a decent Christian burial, at the discretion of my executors, 
nothing doubting, but at the general resurection I shall receive 
the same again by the mighty power of God. And as touching 
such worldy estate, wherewith it hath pleased God to bless me 
with in this life, I give, demise and dispose of the same, in the 
following manner and form : 

first. I give and bequeath unto my well beloved daughter, 
Elizabeth Shaw, twenty-seven pound ; also I give and bequeath 
unto my beloved son, Nathan Cary, Juni, all my home farm 
with the appurtenances thereunto belonging, together with my 
stock and farming utensils ; also I give and bequeath unto the 
heirs of my well beloved daughter, Mary Starks, deceased, 
four pounds to be equally divided between them ; also, I give 



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and bequeath unto Rhoda Worden twenty-one pound six- 
teen shilling ; also, I give and bequeath unto my be- 
loved daughter, Huldah Rutty, twenty-one pound six- 
teen shilling; also, I give unto my grandchildren, Rise 
Cary, and Polly Wilcox, ten pound sixteen shilling, 
to be equally divided among them ; also, I give unto my beloved 
daughter, Rosannah Cary, twenty-one pound sixteen shilling ; 
also, I give unto my beloved daughter, Esther Cooper, twenty- 
one pound sixteen shilling. Also, it is my will and pleasure to 
give unto my five daughters : viz. Elizabeth Shaw, Rhoda Wor- 
den, Huldah Rutty, Rosannah Cary and Esther Cooper, all 
my household furniture that I shall die possessed of, to be 
equally divided among them. 

And, furthermore, I do hereby constitute, make and ordain 
my beloved son, Nathan Cary, Juni, aforesaid, John Hoag, and 
Job Crawford, the sole executors of this my last Will and 
Testament. 

And furthermore it is my will and pleasure, and do order the 
same that my son, Nathan Cary, Jim., aforesaid, do pay unto 
my several daughters and grandchildren, or heirs, the several 
sums annexed to their names, as is mentioned in the within, 
to be paid after my decease. And, furthermore, I do hereby 
utterly disallow, revoke and dis-annull all and every other for- 
mer Testaments, Wills, Legacies, Bequeaths and Executors, 
by me in any-wise before mentioned, willed and bequeathed, 
ratifying and confirming this, and no other, to be my last Will 
and Testament, in witness whereof I have hereunto set my 
hand and seal, seventh day of March, one thousand seven hun- 
dred and ninety-seven. 

Nathan (X) Cary. 

Signed, sealed, published, pronounced and 
declared, by the said Nathan Cary, as his last 
Will and Testament, in presence of us, who, 
in his presence and in the presence of each 
other, have hereunto subscribed our names. 
Thomas Stevens. 

Asa Hoag. 

Timothy Pearce. 

(True copy, except the spelling, punctuation and capitaliza- 
tion have been modernized. — James R. Clark.) 

The following is a copy of a receipt or paper found among 
the papers of Nathan Cary, Jr., executor of the will herewith 
given, signed by eight of the ten heirs of Mary ("Polly") Cary 
Stark, wife of William (4) Stark. (Christopher 3, William 2, 
Aaron 1) : 

"In the year, 1810, August the 12th day, We hereby agree 
and set our hands, that the sum that William Stark agrees to 



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take, this shall be full receipt. (Signed by) Oliver Starks, 
Nathan Starks, James Stark (had removed to Ohio, 1808), 
Mary Clark, Nancy Dickson, Samuel Stark, Elizabeth Dick- 
son, John Stark." 

(Probably the William above mentioned was the brother of 
the above eight children, instead of the father, who it is said 
died in 1795. This would leave but one of the ten children 
unaccounted for in this connection, viz., Lucy Stark Fancher, 
who, with her family, had removed from Luzerne County, Pa., 
in the fall of 180?, and was then living in what is now Dela- 
ware County, Ohio.) 

(Elizabeth Shaw was the wife of Comfort Shaw.) 

I find also among the receipts taken by the executors of this 
will from the beneficiaries under the will, this paper (which 
no doubt was intended for a receipt from the "heirs of my 
beloved daughter, Mary Stark" ) : 

"In the year, 1810, August the 12 day; We hereby agree 
and set our hands, that the sum that William Stark agrees to 
take, this shall be full receipt. Signed by Oliver Stark, Nathan 
Stark, James Stark, Mary Clark, Nancy Dickson, Samuel 
Stark, Elizabeth Dickson, John Stark." 

This paper, being with will and receipts taken from the other 
heirs, leads me to believe that it is a receipt from the heirs of 
Polly, or Mary Stark, and definitely settles the parentage of 
Polly ; and that her father was none other than Nathan Cary, 
who died at Pawling about 1800. 

Put who was he? Whose son was he? Can you tell me? 

"As the names of all the heirs of William Stark and wife 
Polly Cary, except two, were signed to the receipt, there can 
be no doubt that Nathan Cary, who made the will, was Polly 
Cary Stark's father. 

"In a previous letter it was stated that Nathan Cary's wife's 
name was Mary. 

"I have reason to believe, though the proof is not yet con- 
clusive, that the Nathan who made the will was Eleazer's 
brother, Nathan, who was born in 1716 at Bridgewater, Mass., 
one of the 8 or 9 children of Samuel Cary, son of Francis, 2 ; 
John, 1. 

"I have also a good deal information concerning the Rev. 
Henry Cary, who died at Pawling, about 1778, instead of in 
Vt., as stated in The Cary Family published a number of years 
ago by Samuel Fenton Cary. 

"James R. Clark." 



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REV. HENRY CARY. 
(From Manuscript written by Nathaniel Pearce.) 

"The first regularly ordained minister of Pawling was the 
Rev. Henry Cary, who emigrated to this town from the east, 
about 1730. He was a graduate of some eastern college, where 
he took the degree of M. A. 

"He settled on the west mountain at the place since known, 
however, as the Amos Wooden farm, which joins the place 
on the west formerly owned by the Rev. Neheiniah Johnson. 
He had been educated in New England and thoroughly indoc- 
trinated with Puritanical principles ; and was a Baptist after 
the most approved pattern. 

"The writer of this sketch had for many years a register 
of the marriages of the inhabitants of this town, which he 
kept when he was the officiating Clergyman. Some of the lead- 
ing parishioners were the Woodins, Millards, Thorntons, 
Evans, Billings, Burdie, etc. 

"How large a family he reared, we have not learned. He 
had two daughters, at least, and how many sons, if any, we 
know not. One of his daughters married Henry Stark (error, 
it was James Stark, Sr.), and settled at old Wyoming. (De- 
scription of massacre follows, and her death from measles, soon 
after her return to Pawling.) 

"Mr. Cary left the mountains and lived for some years 
where Mr. John Townsend now lives, and where we think he 
died, and, if we mistake not, his remains repose in a field now 
owned by Mr. Sherman Campbell." 

(In another manuscript he writes) : 

"His youngest daughter married Col. Wm. Pearce in 1766. 
About this time he removed from the West Mountain and lived 
for a few years on the John Townsend farm. We think he had 
no sons, and but one daughter besides Chloe. She was the 
wife of a Stark (should be Col. William Pearce, as above 
stated. — J. R. C), but whether his name was James, Henry or 
Daniel, we are not certain. There were four Stark brothers 
who were pioneer settlers of Wyoming, viz. : James, Henry, 
Aaron and David. They were relatives of the celebrated Gov. 
Stark. 

"About 1760 a body of Connecticut men formed themselves 
into an association called the Susquehanna Company and pur- 
chased of the Six Nations that portion of Wyoming lying be- 
tween the Allegheny and Susquehanna Rivers. (Here describes 
the massacre and says the settlers fled over the hills to Con- 
necticut. ) (Note — The date of the Susquehanna Connecticut 
Company's Purchase was 1754. First settlement under the 
purchase in 1763 proved abortive. Actual settlement first be- 
gan with forty white persons in 1769. — J. R. C.) 



5Q 

"One of the daughters of Rev. Henry Cary had married 
and emigrated to Wyoming, and was there at the massacre, 
July 3, 1778. Whether the brothers Stark were there at that 
time I am not certain. 

"There were few of our ancient inhabitants whose life was 
more full of adventure than that of Aaron Stark, who was son, or 
grandson, of Christopher Stark, one of the Connecticut Colon- 
ists that settled old Wyoming." 

(From Pawling Pioneer of March 4, 1871.) 

"The record is practicaly as above, with the addition of his 
personal appearance, which was imaginary, as he confessed 
to one of his descendants. He says Rev. Henry was called, 
'Good Priest. Cary.' The record which he kept, containing names 
of people whom he had married, was burned by mistake. 

"Thought not to have had any sons, and only two daughters. 
His youngest daughter, Chloe, married Col. Wm. Pearce, 17G6. 
Not long after this he removed from mountain home and lived 
for a few years on lands now owned by John Townsend, until 
his wife died, when he resided with his son-in-law, William 
Pearce, where he died about the time of the commencement 
of the war of the Revolution." 

See Cary Memorials, published by S. Fenton Cary, Cin- 
cinnati, Ohio, 1874. 

First Generation. 
JOHN CARY AND ELIZABETH GODFREY. 

First in Duxbury. In Bridgwater, 1644. He died October 
31, L680. 

Second Generation. 

CHILDREN. 

John, Francis, Elizabeth, born 1649; James, Mary, Jona- 
than, David, Hannah, Joseph, Rebecca and Sarah. 

DAVID (2) CARY AND ELIZABETH. 

Born in Bridgewater, 1658; went with his brother John to 
Bristol, R. I. in 1680; died in 1718. One of the original pro- 
prietors of Bristol, R. I. ; provided in his will that if his son 
Henry shall proceed in learning so as to enter college that his 
son Peter shall pay the charges of his college learning. 



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CHILDREN OF DAVID AND ELIZABETH CARY. 

Elizabeth, (twins) Mehitabel and Bethsheba, Sarah, Bethia, 
David, Peter, Mary, Priscilla and Henry, born June 4, 1711. 

(Note by the Author.) — Henry graduated at Harvard in 
1733 ; married and emigrated to Vermont ; had a large family, 
none of whom I am able to find. He died in 1801, at the age of 
90 years. 

Records of S. Judson Stark (a descendant of Rev. Henry 
Cary.) 

Rev. Henry Cary, born Bristol, R. I., June 21, 1711, where 
he resided till he entered Harvard College in 1729, from which 
he graduated in 1733, with the degree of A. B., and from which 
he received in 1735 his degree of A. M. The college catalogue 
shows that he once lived at Ashford, Conn., and moved to 
Wyoming. About 1730 ( ?) he came to Dutchess County from 
Great Barrington, Mass. Probably from Rhode Island. 

He located on West Mountain. He was the first regularly 
ordained, salaried minister of that section, and was a Baptist. 
He was a neighbor of James Stark, Sr., who also located on the 
West Mountain. 

In 1775 a Henry Cary was Chairman of the Committee of 
Safety of Dutchess County, N. Y. (The Rev. Henry, I take it.) 
He was residing in Pawling, N. Y., May 20, 1773, when he 
bought of William Stark, brother of James, Sr., one-half right 
in the Susquehanna purchase, as shown by the deed. March 
10, 1774, he was a resident of Westmoreland, County of Litch- 
field, in New England ( Wilkes-Barre, Pa.), as shown by deed 
made to him by Michael Rood of same place. 

June 14, 1788, he was "Gent.," now residing in the County 
of Luzerne, as shown by his power of attorney of that date, 
given to Henry Stark, his grandson. This must have been the 
time when he left this section for good. He died in Vermont 
in 1801. 

The following are all the children I can identify : 

First. Elizabeth, his eldest daughter ; married James Stark, 
Sr., my great grandfather, about 1758; she died August 12, 
1778, in Pawlings, Dutchess County, N. Y. 

Second. Chloe, born June 6, 1746 ; married Col. William 
Pearce of Pawling, March 2, 1766 ; died September 4, 1778. 

Third. Henry, born August 9, 1748 ; died December 5, 1760. 

Fourth. John Paul, born August 5, 1750; died March 3, 
1757. 

"Elizabeth, my great grandmother, after the battle and mas- 
sacre of Wyoming, fled all the way back on foot to Dutchess 
County, taking with her her children, among whom was my 
grandfather Samuel, then but seven years of age. She died 
at the house of her sister, Chloe Pearce. Her husband had died 



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the year before. Whether her son Samuel was reared in the 
home of his uncle. Col. William Pearce, I do not know, but he 
remained in that country until he married Polly Birdsall, born 
July 10, 1772; died January 22, 1837, in Cherry Valley, N. Y. 
She may have been the daughter of John Birdsall, but I do not 
know, although I have tried in vain to determine the matter. 
Can you give me any light on this point? 

"Her children were: Abigail, Eliza, Johanna, Pamelia, Cary, 
Eleanor, Paul, Sophronia, Mary, Samuel, John Birdsall, Beth- 
any, Cynthia." 

Again Mr. Stark writes: "If it is possible to prove that the 
Rev. Henry died in Dutchess County, and prior to the close 
of the Revolution, I wish it might be done. Two things are 
conceded all around — that the father-in-law of Col. William 
Pearce and James Stark, Sr., was the Rev. Henry Cary, and 
also that he was a college graduate. 

"The Henry Cary records were copied from the old family 
Bible of Nathaniel Crandall, who married Abigail Stark, 
daughter of James Stark, Sr., and Elizabeth, eldest daughter 
of Rev. Henry Cary." 

Comment by the one who has copied the above: "Mr. Stark 
is not willing to believe that there was another Henry Cary 
who was in Pennsylvania without proof, and the idea was new 
to him when I wrote him to that effect. But I think all the 
Dutchess County records say that he preached there until short- 
ly before his death. He preached last in the old log meeting 
house near the camp meeting woods." 

From Cary Memorials, by S. Fenton Cary. See page 2, this 
paper : 

"There is a town called Carytown a few miles from Wilkes- 
Barre, Pa. Descendants of Eleazer Cary, son of Samuel, born 
in Bridgwater, Mass., 1718; removed to Dutchess County, X. 
Y., and from there to Wyoming Valley in 1769. 

"David Cary (Jr.), brother of Henry Cary, had a son Mich- 
ael, who lived in Barrington (Bristol County, R. I.), and was 
a soldier in the Revolution, and a pensioner. He died in 1833, 
aged 94 years. Ebenezer, son of Michael, lived and died in 
Barrington. His children were Nathan, born 1814, and Eben- 
ezer, born 1816." 

From N. E. Gen. and Hist. Reg., Vol. XLV, page 143. From 
Record of Bridgewater (Mass.) Marriages: 

"May 3, 1749, I married Henry Cary and Martha Byram." 

(What Henry is this? B. A. Sill.) 

"Mr. Henry Burbeck, of Pawling, Dutchess County, (on 
"Old Geo. Sherman farm), gave me the inscription on the stone 
of Sarah, wife of Nathan Cary (written December, 1907), and 
wrote : "Mr. Albert Woodin, told me he could remember where 



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there was a burying ground on my farm years ago, but it was 
plowed over before I came here in 1880. I will look in the walks 
near, and if I can find any stones, will inform you. I will also 
ask Mr. Archibald Dodge, one of our oldest residents, who used 
to live adjoining here." 

As I understand it, Mr. Burbeck is on the road north of 
Pawling, where the road leading past the camp meeting woods 
and old log meeting house intersects. Mr. James Pearce thinks 
it was on the latter road, near the camp meeting woods, that he 
remembers seeing two grave stones in a field that he thought 
was those of Rev. Henry Cary and wife. 

Rev. Seth C. Cary, of 12 Brent St., Dorchester Center, Bos- 
ton, Mass., President of "John Cary Descendants," and pub- 
lisher of "The Cary Family in England," and "The Cary Fam- 
ily in America," by Prof. Henry Grosvenor Cary of Boston, 
wrote me in response to queries about Rev. Henry Cary : "Your 
question is to everybody a puzzling one; the State of New 
York does not yet know where Bond's Bridge is or was, and 
yet it was one of the points in Dutchess County where some of 
our people were. You have about all any one has, and all I can 
see is to plod on in the search in New York." 

"Henry Cary, A. B., Harvard, 1733, died in 1802. He entered 
college from Bristol (R. I.) in 1729, aged 19 years. He was a 
minister." Where would he have been ordained at that time? 
In 1761, what is now the First Baptist Church of Dover, be- 
longed to the Philadelphia Baptist Association. 

Mr. Henry J. Pearce says of his records: "They were com- 
menced by my great great grandfather, Nathan Pearce, and 
have been kept in the family from generation to generation. 
Some six years ago I made a tabular statement of our (Pearce) 
genealogy. I can find in the records, as father kept them (*. e., 
a general record of all marriages and deaths as far as they 
came within his knowledge, not of births, except they were in 
line). This general record, as far as deaths, I keep up. So 
that this general record shows nearly 3,000 marriages and 
about 5,000 deaths. Something of a job to go over. My inten- 
tion is, if I recover my health, to get new books and record the 
genealogies and general records separate." 

After sending my last letter to you, I have looked through 
the data not recorded in the two books (those books are full) 
held in detached pieces ; but kept together for the time to come ; 
when I shall feel able I shall get two large books, and with 
the detached can put in regular order our genealogy, and in the 
other the general record. 

"I went to the family of Benoni Stark to examine their fam- 
ily Bible, and luckily found the family Bible of Benoni's 
father." 



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Mitchell's History of Bridgewater gives some Cary records, 
but do not coincide with the Bristol records of Rev. Henry. 

The foregoing is from James Noyes, Ed. of Quin. Catalogue 
of Harvard University, written August 5, 1907, and sent me 
by Mr. Sill, 1908. 

The following from Philip H. Smith, received May 30, 1908, 
author of Dutchess County History : 

"David Cary, son of John Cary and Elizabeth Godfrey, and 
Elizabeth , of Bristol, married December 7, 1687. 

Children : 

"Mehitable, Beersheba (twins), born August 14, 1693. 

"Daughter, born 1695. 

"Bothia, born 1698. 

"David, born 1700. 

"Daughter, born 1701. 

"Peter, born 1703. 

"Marv, born 1703. 

"Sarah, born 1706. 

"Priscilla, born 1709. 

"Rev. Henry, born 6-24, 1711. 

"Chloe, died 1801. 

"Francis, son of John Cary, had a son Nathan, who would 
be an own cousin of the above Rev. Henry Cary." 

FIELD. 

Robert Field, who settled at Flushing, L. I., in 1G45, was 
the son of William Field, Lowerby and North Ouran, in the 
parish of Halifax, England. Himself the son of William Field 
of Great Horton, County York. This William was son of 
John Field, the famous astronomer, and belonged to the Fields 
of Horton and Ardsley. The arms confirmed in 1558; the 
American branch of the family is recognized in Burke's Peerage 
of Heraldry of families of England, Scotland and Ireland ; also 
American Heraldica. 

Joseph Coles Field, a descendant of Robert Field, born Aug. 
22, 1769, married Charlotte Bull, daughter of Daniel and 
Susanna (Dickson) Bull, born December 1, 1768. They had 
eleven children. 

The eighth child, Harriet C. Field, married James Ketchem ; 
the said James Ketchem being her first cousin and son of 

Rubemant Bull, born February 11, 1758, and Ketchem. 

They had a large family. One daughter, Adaline E. Ketchem, 
married David J. Smith. Their children were: Harriet E. 
Smith, Andrew C, Spencer Bull, Frederick D. and Jennie 
Field. A son, Andrew C. Smith, married May A. Cary, Jan- 
uary 13, 1881 (see Cary line). 



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SMITH LINE. 

Ephraim Smith came to Orange County, New York, from 
Connecticut; he was born in 1752, died May 1, 1834, aged 82 
years ; he married Elizabeth Bingham. They had seven or 
eight children. One child, Andrew L., married Lany Weller. 
Their children were : David J., Samuel, William Henry (died) 
Luther Pratt, John H., Charles Frank, Hiram Horton. 

Lany Weller was daughter of Frederick and Katherine 
(Finch) Weller. 

Catherine Finch was daughter of John and Margaret Finch. 

David J Smith, son of Andrew L. and Lanny (Weller) 
Smith, married Adaline E. Ketchem. (See Field and Ketchem 
line.) 

OBITUARY OF EPHRAIM SMITH. 

Mr. Smith was a soldier and sailor in the Revolutionary 
War, faithful to his post, wherever placed ; great lover of civil 
and religious liberty, read much and thought more, few men 
possessed a better mind ; died in a full faith of a Christian as- 
surance, leaving a large and respectable family behind him to 
imitate his virtues and follow his advice. 

The children of David J. and Adaline (Ketchem) Smith 
were Harriet E., Andrew C, Spencer Bull, Frederick D., Jen- 
nie Field. 

Andrew C. Smith married May A. Cary January 13, 1881 
(see Cary line). 



CARY'S WHO ASSISTED IN RAISING FUNDS 
FOR WYOMING MONUMENT. 

Owing to the delay in raising funds for the erection of the 
Wyoming Monument, a society was formed for that purpose, 
composed of the following named persons, who successfully 
raised the required amount : 

President, Mrs. C. Butler; ist Vice President, Mrs. J. W. 
Hollenback ; 2d Vice President, Mrs. Cary ; Secretary, Mrs. 
R. D. Cary. Executive Committee, Mrs. Butler, Mrs. Beau- 
mont, Mrs. Hollenback, Mrs. Sturdevant, Mrs. Jones, Mrs. 
Gilchrist, Mrs. Abbott, Mrs. Nicholson, Mrs. Lewis, and Mrs. 
Cary. 

This Society was the beginning of "Wyoming Monument 
Association." 



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The following is the inscription placed on the monument 
that was erected on original John Gary farm at West Bridg- 
water, Mass. : 

NEAR THIS SPOT WAS THE HOME OF 

JOHN CARY, 

BORN IN SOMERSETSHIRE, ENGLAND. 

HE BECAME IN 1651 AN ORIGINAL PROPRIETOR, 

AND HONORED SETTLER ON THIS RIVER. 

WAS CLERK OF THE PLANTATION. 

WHEN THE TOWN OF BRIDGEWATER WAS INCORPORATED, 

IN 1656, HE WAS ELECTED CONSTABLE, 

THE FIRST AND ONLY OFFICER OF THAT YEAR. 

WAS TOWN CLERK UNTIL HIS DEATH IN 1681. 

TRADITION SAYS, 

HE WAS THE FIRST TEACHER OF LATIN IN 

PLYMOUTH COLONY. 

THIS TABLET 18 ERECTED BY HIS DESCENDANTS 

IN MEMORY 

OF THEIR HISTORIC AND NOBLE ANCESTOR. 



CARY REUNIONS. 

About seventeen years ago the Joseph or Barnabas Cary 
family began holding reunions each year. In 1899 they were 
joined by the Kleazer Cary family, and formed themselves into 
an association. At the 1905 reunion they adopted the follow- 
ing Constitution : 

Name. — This association shall be called "The Wyoming and 
Lackawanna Valley Branch of the John Cary Descendants." 

Object. — The deign of the association shall be to serve as a 
bond of connection between the members of the Cary family 
and its affiliated branches. To gather up and preserve the 
historical material now so widely scattered, and eventually to 
put this into form for general distribution, to increase and in- 
tensify the family spirit among us. 

Officers. — The officers shall be a President, four Vice Presi- 
dents, Corresponding Secretary, Recording Secretary, Treasurer 
and Auditor ; these shall constitute the Executive Committee. 

Meetings. — The annual meeting shall be held on the last 
Thursday of August of each year ; a mid-year meeting may be 
held to arrange for annual meeting, and transact such other 
business as may seem necessary. A special meeting may be 
held at any time when desired. 

Finance. — Funds may be gathered in such ways as the 
Executive Committee may deem wise. 

At the reunion on Thursday, September 27, 1908, the time 
and place of meeting was changed to last Thursday in June, 
at Nay Aug Park, Scranton. Place subject to change each year. 



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